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Steniolia - female
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Steniolia - Female
Off Angeles Crest Highway, ~6500 ft, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 18, 2006
Taking nectar in Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Rabbitbrush).
Probably a female (I see only six terga, and 10 flagellomeres).

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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 1 September, 2006 - 4:34pm
Last updated 16 November, 2007 - 10:40am

Moved
Moved from Nyssoninae.
… Hartmut Wisch, 13 October, 2006 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

Steniolia
looks like a S. tibialis female, but I don't know enough about this genus to rule out all other possible species
… John S. Ascher, 13 October, 2006 - 4:57pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Wasps.
… Hartmut Wisch, 16 September, 2006 - 7:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees and Wasps.
… john and jane balaban, 16 September, 2006 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Stictiella?
My first guess would be Stictiella, but I will have to work through these images slowly to be positive. Very nice shots.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 September, 2006 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric,
If Stictiella, there's a drawing of the dorsal pattern of T-I-III, for a male variety of S. emarginata from Riverside County, CA (California Sandwasps in the Subtribe Stictiellina, by Bohart & Gillaspay: 1). Not perfect, especially if one includes other characters. I'm confused for now.

I saw a similar sp. on Mt. Pinos (see posts #74503, 74504), a male I think.

Another sp. (also Nyssoninae) from Angeles Crest, San Gabriel Mountains: see post #74394.

Today I photographed one with black and yellow thorax, but nearly white abdomen with black markings - will post tonight. (Eaton Canyon, foot of San Gabriel Mountains)
… Hartmut Wisch, 7 September, 2006 - 11:50pm login or register to post comments

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