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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Cuckoo Wasps & allies (Chrysidoidea) » Flat Wasps (Bethylidae) » Pristocerinae » Pristepyris
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Bethylid wasp - Pristepyris - male
Copyright © 2012 Carmen Champagne

Bethylid wasp - Pristepyris - Male
Athens/ Sandy Creek Park, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
June 11, 2011
On thistle. I'm not really sure where to start with this one...
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Contributed by Carmen Champagne on 25 March, 2012 - 11:29pm
Last updated 28 July, 2020 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Pristocera.
… Arturo Santos, 28 July, 2020 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bethylidae.
… Carmen Champagne, 10 April, 2012 - 7:45am login or register to post comments

Male of Pristocera
We need to examine the terminal abdominal segment.
Overall shape of this species seems to be a male of the genus Pristocera.
… Jongok LIM, 10 April, 2012 - 7:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Carmen Champagne, 26 March, 2012 - 6:27am login or register to post comments

Bethylid…
Maybe Pristocerinae.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 25 March, 2012 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

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