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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) » Pompilinae » Aporini » Psorthaspis » Psorthaspis legata

Species Psorthaspis legata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Works Cited
Psorthaspis legatus - Psorthaspis legata Wood Wasp Type? - Psorthaspis legata Wood Wasp Type? - Psorthaspis legata 26Jul2017.BeavLk.HN.hymen1 - Psorthaspis legata - female Velvet ant (or other wasp) with black and white wing marks - Psorthaspis legata Banded Wing Spider Wasp - Dorsal - Psorthaspis legata Mutillid-like wasp - Psorthaspis legata Mutillid-like wasp - Psorthaspis legata
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 Pompiloidea (Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants and allies)
Family Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)
Subfamily Pompilinae
Tribe Aporini
Genus Psorthaspis
Species legata (Psorthaspis legata)
Explanation of Names
Psorthaspis legata (Cresson 1867)
Identification
This species has some orange coloration on the head and two cream bands on the third and fourth abdominal segments. Wings banded instead of diffusely darkened. (Nick Fensler)
Range
se US to w. TX - Map (1)
Season
Apr-Nov (1)
Works Cited
1.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Herschel Raney on 2 July, 2006 - 7:52pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 26 September, 2022 - 4:46pm

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