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Auplopus mollis
Photo#67100
Copyright © 2006
Scott Nelson
Unknow Wasp -
Auplopus mollis
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Prairie Unit, Osceola County, Florida, USA
July 21, 2006
Size: 8 mm
This appears to be a sphecid wasp perhaps family Larrinae? My guide doesn't show this wing veination. If you can at least get me to the right family or genus, that would be great.
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Contributed by
Scott Nelson
on 28 July, 2006 - 7:45am
Last updated 28 February, 2017 - 5:57pm
Moved
Moved from
Auplopus
.
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Nick Fensler
, 17 June, 2007 - 10:21pm
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Pompilidae
It looks more like a Pompilid to me.. genus Auplopus (maybe Auplopus mellipes??). They look very much like Sphecids...
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Martin Hauser
, 28 July, 2006 - 1:46pm
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Pompilid...
It is most definitely in the genus
Auplopus
. I have not seen the subspecies of
A. mellipes
that is restricted to Florida (
A. m. meridianus
) and this specimen has significant greenish reflection, which I have never seen on the nominal subspecies. It also vaguely appears to have a polished pygidial area, but that character can be hard to judge from a photo (even from a photo as good as this). There are several species of
Auplopus
found in Florida and
A. nigrellus
is one that can have rufous legs and greenish integument. However, this a tough call without a specimen in hand (but fairly easy with one, by the way) and it's probably safer just to move it to the
Auplopus
genus page.
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Nick Fensler
, 28 July, 2006 - 2:38pm
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Now that I have Townes...
I was able to look at the species descriptions and determine that this is
Auplopus mollis
. Previously I only had a question about the pygidial area and the extent of the rufous coloration of the legs but the info in Townes cleared that up more than adequately.
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Nick Fensler
, 17 June, 2007 - 10:19pm
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Nick thank you so much for in
Nick thank you so much for investigating the name of this wasp. Now I can add a proper tag for it in my collection. It was kind of you. What guide did you use for ID?
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Scott Nelson
, 18 June, 2007 - 7:02am
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Townes, 1957
It is actually the only existing revision of the Pompilidae in the subfamilies Pepsinae (this
Auplopus
) and Ceropalinae for the nearctic region. It's a US National Museum Bulletin (209) written in 1957 by Henry Townes. It's hard to find a hard copy but it's all we have for this group at the moment. This genus is in SAD shape and needs revision.
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Nick Fensler
, 18 June, 2007 - 6:08pm
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Sphecid
Looks like the wing veins of the Sphecinae tribe in the Sphecid wasps. Go here and check the claws and key:
http://www.hr-rna.com/RNA/Other%20insect%20pages/AR%20Sphecid%20Wasp%20tribe%20key.htm
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Herschel Raney
, 28 July, 2006 - 8:48am
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