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Honey bee sized Spiderwasp - Cryptocheilus
Copyright © 2011 margarethe brummermann

Honey bee sized Spiderwasp - Cryptocheilus
Picture Rocks, NW of Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA
May 5, 2011
Size: less than 15 mm
Looks like a perfect little pepsis

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Contributed by margarethe brummermann on 6 May, 2011 - 11:29am
Last updated 2 March, 2024 - 2:59pm

Moved
Moved from Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 2 March, 2024 - 2:59pm

Moved
Moved from Tarantula-hawk Wasps.

Agreed, this distinctly isn't in the genus Pepsis based on all of the aforementioned points (size, color, wing venation). In fact, this doesn't appear to be either of the T-hawk genera.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 18 November, 2020 - 7:12pm

Female - (not Pepsis sp.?)
Margarethe, you may want to have an expert review this one over again. I believe that the small size and the jet-black body color doesn't seem to fit very well for most Pepsis and also, in your second image, you can just barely see (on the wings) that the apex of the discoidal cell extends past the base of the marginal cell, which rules out everything in the genus Pepsis. I'm not yet sure which genus to suggest, but the thick, dark marginal band is very distinctive. (10 flagellomeres = ♀)
… Bob Biagi, 14 May, 2016 - 4:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 6 May, 2011 - 8:03pm

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