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Wasp? - Myzinum obscurum - female
Copyright © 2006 Ray Simpson

Wasp? - Myzinum obscurum - Female
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
August 9, 2006

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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 9 August, 2006 - 5:15pm
Last updated 15 November, 2018 - 10:49pm

Moved
Moved from carolinianum or obscurum.
… Bob Biagi, 15 November, 2018 - 10:49pm login or register to post comments

Either Myzinum carolinianum or M. obscurum
For the females, these are the only two Eastern species that have pairs of spots on the abdomen (no complete bands) and are primarily dark in coloration.
… George Waldren, 18 March, 2010 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Myzinum.
… George Waldren, 18 March, 2010 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

Tiphiid
I think this is a Tiphiid. Some of the Campsomerine Scoliids are superficially similar. Technically the best way to tell them apart is by getting a look at the mesosternum, which has two posterior lobes in the Tiphiidae. The wings of Scoliids have numerous fine longitudinal wrinkles along the margins. Neither of those characters are visible but it does have the gestalt of a Tiphiid, which also means I could be wrong.
… Nick Fensler, 9 August, 2006 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

 
Confirmed.
This is a female Myzinum sp. The very short antennae help to ID her. Otherwise, I would have thought for sure this was a male scoliid!
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 August, 2006 - 3:57pm login or register to post comments

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