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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies (Pompiloidea) » Spider Wasps (Pompilidae) » Pompilinae » Aporini » Psorthaspis » Psorthaspis formosa
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Wasp - Psorthaspis formosa
Copyright © 2009 cwmelton

Wasp - Psorthaspis formosa
Red Mountain Road, near Patagonia, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
September 2, 2009
Size: Guessing 2 cm.
Any help with ID would be appreciated.
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Contributed by cwmelton on 2 September, 2009 - 6:37pm
Last updated 9 June, 2016 - 10:22pm

Moved
Moved from Psorthaspis.
… Nick Fensler, 9 June, 2016 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Good
Freaking lord. That is one lovely wasp.
… Herschel Raney, 25 February, 2010 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Evans
Paper from the 1950's is online in pdf. And oddly there is no female that seems to meet this description in the Mexico group. Most of the females are, in fact, dark or iridescent colors. Interesting, because this is certainly a female. Also, Nick, that paper has a male key for the male I sent you this past year.
… Herschel Raney, 25 February, 2010 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John F. Carr, 3 September, 2009 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

Holy #$%&!:-)
What I wouldn't give to see one of these! Awesome.
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 September, 2009 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

 
I was more like "what the $%@#!"
This species of Psorthaspis is completely unfamiliar to me, and I seriously doubt it's in the same lineage as the eastern mariae and legata or the less derived all black species in this genus. It might take me a while but I should be able to get this down to species.
… Nick Fensler, 4 September, 2009 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm...
going to have to get the Evans 1966 paper, this is almost certainly a Mexican species that crossed the border. It does not fit the description of any species normally found in the U.S.
… Nick Fensler, 10 September, 2009 - 11:09am login or register to post comments

wasp
genus Psorthaspis (Pompilidae)... beautiful wasp and photo. i do not know the species off hand.
… edward trammel, 2 September, 2009 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

Wow!
Gorgeous!
… john and jane balaban, 2 September, 2009 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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