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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) » Ceropalinae » Ceropales » Ceropales maculata » Ceropales maculata rhodomerus
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Ceropales sp.? - Ceropales maculata - male
Copyright © 2010 tom murray

Ceropales sp.? - Ceropales maculata - Male
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
August 5, 2010
Size: 8mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 5 August, 2010 - 9:19pm
Last updated 12 July, 2018 - 11:34pm

Moved
Moved from Ceropales.
Thanks Nick. Should the others be placed on a subspecies page for C. m. fraterna?
… tom murray, 23 August, 2010 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

 
Sure...
I don't see why not.
… Nick Fensler, 23 August, 2010 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Spider Wasps.
This sounds like it could be a tricky one from the photo. I still have it, if more shots are needed, or if you want it.
… tom murray, 5 August, 2010 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Looked it up...
characters separating the species are too minute for normal photos. Well, it's actually characters separating the species-groups that are difficult, after that getting it to species really too bad. Anyway, you would have to have good photos of the tarsal claws, among other things. It might be more convenient if I just had the specimen, if you want a positive ID. I do not need the Aporinellus. I'm pretty confident in that ID. If you're still interesting in sending a specimen just shoot me an e-mail to discuss the particulars.
… Nick Fensler, 7 August, 2010 - 10:48pm login or register to post comments

I'm...
used to seeing C. m. fraterna. This may be another subspecies, like C. m. rhodomerus. I'll have to look it up. However, C. longipes also has orange legs, but I don't know if these two species can be separated from images alone.
… Nick Fensler, 5 August, 2010 - 10:20pm login or register to post comments

 
It's
C. maculata rhodomerus.
… Nick Fensler, 23 August, 2010 - 6:45am login or register to post comments

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