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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Thynnoidea » Thynnid Wasps (Thynnidae) » Myzininae » Myzinum » Myzinum obscurum

Species Myzinum obscurum

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Thynnoidea
Family Thynnidae (Thynnid Wasps)
Subfamily Myzininae
Genus Myzinum
Species obscurum (Myzinum obscurum)
Explanation of Names
Myzinum obscurum (Fabricius, 1805)
Size
15–22 mm(1)
Identification
Males have clear wings. (other species share this quality) The yellow abdominal bands are thin. (1)

Females are identified through the following combination of characters:
Pairs of spots on the metalsomal terga — no complete bands of color at all (abdomen).
Entirely black scutum and scutellum of the mesosoma (thorax).
Forewings dark, somewhat darker along costal margin.
Mostly black in coloration overall, with scattered yellow maculations.
Sides of propodeum with striae (absent in females of the similar M. carolinianum)
Scapes entirely black (yellow-marked in females of the similar M. carolinianum)
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Range
e US (NJ-FL to MO-TX)(1)
Works Cited
1.Taxonomic purgatory: Sorting out the wasp genus Myzinum Latreille in North America (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae)
Kimsey L.S. 2009. Zootaxa 2224: 30–50.
Contributed by George Waldren on 18 March, 2010 - 4:55pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Robert H. Biagi, PaleoJon
Last updated 19 July, 2023 - 11:34pm

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