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Hemipepsis toussainti
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margarethe brummermann
Pepsinae with yellow antennae -
Hemipepsis toussainti
-
Madrone Ranger Station, Rincon Mts, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 22, 2011
Size: Small to medium pepsis
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Contributed by
margarethe brummermann
on 22 October, 2011 - 8:21pm
Last updated 26 February, 2017 - 7:42pm
Moved
Moved from
Entypus unifasciatus californicus
.
Very sorry!!!!
Aaron, Thank you for helping me with this. I should have asked you about this first.
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Bob Biagi
, 26 February, 2017 - 7:42pm
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No problem...you clearly meant well!
I can empathize with the error...it can be difficult to make a call on
Entypus
vs.
Hemipepsis
! It took me a while to get it right on the post below (and I had help from others):
Many of us learn from our mistakes (I know I do...sometimes it's the only way I learn! :-).
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Aaron Schusteff
, 26 February, 2017 - 7:56pm
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Moved
Moved from
Entypus unifasciatus
.
This subspecies should be restricted to California. I will check the keys and update you, if needed.
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Bob Biagi
, 25 February, 2017 - 9:49am
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Bob, I think this is indeed Hemipepsis toussainti
Upon careful examination of the full-size version of the 2nd image in this series (especially the upper wing) it appears the 1st recurrent vein meets the 2nd submarginal cell significantly beyond the distal 1/4 point of its length from its distal end, and closer to the distal 1/10 or so of the posterior edge of the 2nd submarginal cell. So this does appear to be
Hemipepsis
.
Then, using Townes
(
1
)
key to
Hemipepsis
, the orange antennae of this female, and the separation of the lateral ocellus from the eye by about 3.5 times its diameter...as well as the Tucson location...all strongly indicate
H. toussainti
.
As you noted,
Entypus unifasciatus californicus
is not known from outside CA. Also, in both males and females of that taxon, the hind wing venation has the terminal ends of the nervullus and cubitella nearly opposite one another, whereas in Margarethe's 3rd image here the nervellus ends significantly distal to the cubitella (see Fig. 1A on pg. 7 of Townes
(
1
)
for a labelled reference diagram indicating vein terminology here).
Compare both the position of the 1st recurrent vein along the posterior edge of the 2nd submarginal, and the ends of the nervellus and cubitella in Margarethe's 2nd and 3rd images here with those in Robyn's images of
E. u. californicus
below:
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Aaron Schusteff
, 26 February, 2017 - 7:31pm
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Moved
Moved from
Hemipepsis toussainti
.
10 flagellomeres = ♀
Her wing-tips are damaged and the dark band is missing.
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Bob Biagi
, 25 February, 2017 - 9:35am
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Moved
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margarethe brummermann
, 24 October, 2011 - 1:16pm
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Cool!
My wild guess is
Hemipepsis toussainti
, but I'm really anxious to see what Nick Fensler says....Some neat finds on the Bioblitz, eh?
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Eric R. Eaton
, 24 October, 2011 - 10:07am
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Thanks, Eric
according to the UAIC it looks good
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margarethe brummermann
, 24 October, 2011 - 1:15pm
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