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Wasp of some sort? - Aporinellus taeniatus

Wasp of some sort? - Aporinellus taeniatus
Aiken County, South Carolina, USA
September 28, 2009
Size: ~12mm
Very active, only stopping long enough for me to get a picture if I was quick enough. These are the three best that I managed to get before it flew off.
Body style seems to indicate a wasp, but browsing the images here on Bugguide didn't turn up anything like it.
Any help pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated.
[Edit] Added two images that may help ID this to species.

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Moved from Aporinellus.

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Moved from Spider Wasps.

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Not an ID
reminds me of Aporinellus

 
Thanks John..
Looking at the images here and at Cedar Creek, it looks like you pointed me in the right direction.
It may be this one. After reading Eric's comment to that image I looked at the other images I have of this wasp and posted 2 more images that may help ID it to species (if I interpreted Eric's comment about the conical tooth correctly).
I'll move it to family level for now and see if anyone else agrees or disagrees.

 
I agree
Yes, no question this is Aporinellus.

 
I'd say...
Aporinellus taeniolatus based on the fairly narrow second submarginal cell of the anterior wing. Most other Aporinellus in the U.S. have SM2 (or SM2+3) much longer than high. Taeniolatus is the only species with such a narrow SM2 other than A. wheeleri, which has been considered a subspecies by some. However, that species has an entirely red abdomen.

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