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1. Erect setae medially on propodeal enclosure extremely short (≤
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); fore- and hindwing yellow with fuscous margin, scutellum and propodeal enclosure ferruginous (
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). Body length greater than
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Length of most erect setae medially on propodeal enclosure at least
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; color combination different..............................................................................................................................................2
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2. Metanotum markedly raised, usually with distinct median impression (
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). Area between metapleural sulcus and upper spiracular groove concave, with bulge anterior to the spiracular groove (
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) ........................................................................................
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Metanotum not strongly raised, with indistinct impression or not impressed (
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), or area between metapleural sulcus and upper spiracular groove convex or plane and not bulging (
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)
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In several species groups, the metanotum is raised but has very indistinct tubercles and no bulging near the spiracle is present. On the other hand, in the
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group the bulging is present, but the metanotum is always flat.
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3. Erect propodeal setae oriented posteriorly (
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)........................................................................4
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Erect propodeal setae oriented anteriorly or perpendicularly (
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)......................................5
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4. Female: appressed setae on face uniformly silvery (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF4370107E3FF50DE2" box="[863,952,358,384]" captionStart="Figs 1318" captionStartId="17.[189,241,1927,1953]" captionTargetBox="[227,1361,265,1903]" captionTargetId="figure-61@17.[227,1361,265,1903]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figs 1318. Faces of females in frontal view. 13. Sphex nigrohirtus Kohl, 1895. 14. Sphex abbotti nivarius subsp. nov. 15. S. abbotti abbotti W. Fox, 1891. 16. S. stadelmanni stadelmanni Kohl, 1895. 17. S. abyssinicus (Arnold, 1928). 18. S. schoutedeni malawicus subsp. nov." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299446" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299446/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 13</figureCitation>
) or rich golden. Male: cellular wing area without yellow tinge; sternum VIII posterolaterally concavely emarginate .............................. ..................................................................................................................
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<emphasis id="B91F642CFF9DFFAF440110B438FA0DA5" bold="true" box="[1070,1207,428,455]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">nigrohirtus</emphasis>
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group
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(Key B)
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</paragraph>
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Female: appressed setae on clypeus at least medially dark brown (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF43DD10C838360D88" box="[1010,1147,464,490]" captionStart="Figs 1318" captionStartId="17.[189,241,1927,1953]" captionTargetBox="[227,1361,265,1903]" captionTargetId="figure-61@17.[227,1361,265,1903]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="Figs 1318. Faces of females in frontal view. 13. Sphex nigrohirtus Kohl, 1895. 14. Sphex abbotti nivarius subsp. nov. 15. S. abbotti abbotti W. Fox, 1891. 16. S. stadelmanni stadelmanni Kohl, 1895. 17. S. abyssinicus (Arnold, 1928). 18. S. schoutedeni malawicus subsp. nov." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299446" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299446/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figs 1418</figureCitation>
). Male: apical part of sternum VIII semicircular (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF420010EB3ECA0E6F" box="[559,647,499,525]" captionStart="Figs 1924. 1920" captionStartId="19.[189,241,1892,1918]" captionTargetBox="[226,1361,265,1867]" captionTargetId="figure-82@19.[226,1361,265,1867]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figs 1924. 1920. Ventral view of the two apical sterna in males of the bohemanni group. 21, 23. Dorsal view of apical third of penis valvae in males of the bohemanni group. 22, 24. Lateral view of penis valvae. 19. Sphex bohemanni Dahlbom, 1845. 20. S. abbotti abbotti W. Fox, 1891. 21 22. S. stadelmanni stadelmanni Kohl, 1895. 2324. S. schoutedeni s. lat." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299448" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299448/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
) or rectangular (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF436110EB3FEA0E6C" box="[846,935,499,526]" captionStart="Figs 2532. 2526" captionStartId="21.[189,241,1788,1814]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,265,1761]" captionTargetId="figure-95@21.[189,1399,265,1761]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="Figs 2532. 2526. Ventral and lateral view of sternum VIII and genitalia in male of Sphex abyssinicus (Arnold, 1928). 2728. Frontal view of free clypeal margin in males. 2932. Dorsal view of fore- and hindwing in males and females of thegaullei group. 27. S. umtalicus Strand, 1916. 28. S. decipiens Kohl, 1895. 29. S. jansei Cameron, 1910, ♀. 30. S. jansei, ♂. 31. S. gaullei Berland, 1927, ♀. 32. S. gaullei, ♂." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299450" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299450/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 25</figureCitation>
), if concavely emarginate then cellular wing area with conspicuous yellow tinge (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF42CD130E3F750E52" box="[738,824,534,560]" captionStart="Figure 9399. 93, 96" captionStartId="112.[189,272,1856,1882]" captionTargetBox="[270,1318,265,1820]" captionTargetId="figure-89@112.[270,1318,265,1829]" captionText="Figure 9399. 93, 96. Habitus of ♀. 9495, 97. Habitus of ♂. 93. Sphex pseudopraedator sp. nov. 94. S. schoutedeni schoutedeni Kohl, 1913. 95. S. stadelmanni stadelmanni Kohl, 1895. 96 97. S. stadelmanni rufus subsp. nov. 98. Geographic distribution of S. pseudopraedator sp. nov. 99. Geographic distribution of S. schoutedeni schoutedeni (red); S. schoutedeni malawicus subsp. nov. (blue); S. stadelmanni stadelmanni (yellow); S. stadelmanni rufus subsp. nov. (purple)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6499313" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6499313/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 93</figureCitation>
) ................................
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<taxonomicName id="4C6BC3BDFF9DFFAF441D130D38F60E52" authorityName="Dahlbom" authorityYear="1845" box="[1074,1211,533,560]" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Sphex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bohemanni">
<emphasis id="B91F642CFF9DFFAF441D130D38F60E52" bold="true" box="[1074,1211,533,560]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">bohemanni</emphasis>
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group
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(Key C)
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5. Petiole length more than 3 × its medial width; basal half of forewing with yellow tinge and yellowish veins (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF419E136B3E480EEF" box="[433,517,627,653]" captionStart="Figs 3340. 3337" captionStartId="26.[189,241,1892,1918]" captionTargetBox="[226,1362,265,1856]" captionTargetId="figure-86@26.[226,1362,265,1867]" captionTargetPageId="26" captionText="Figs 3340. 3337. Frontal view of faces in females of the umtalicus and meridionalis group. 33. Sphex umtalicus Strand, 1916. 34. S. haemorrhoidalis Fabricius, 1781. 35. S. victoria sp. nov. 36. S. meridionalis (Arnold, 1947).37. S. nefrens sp. nov.38. S. cinerascens Dahlbom, 1843 habitus of ♂. 3940. S. paulinierii Guérin-Méneville, 1843, ♂. 39. Habitus. 40. Mesosomal side (anterior = left)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299452" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299452/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
)....................................................................................................................6
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<paragraph id="8BD4B83EFF9DFFAF40EE138F393A0EB6" blockId="12.[189,1401,265,1987]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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Petiole much shorter, its length at most 2.8 × its medial width. If longer, then wings without yellow tinge and wing veins dark brown (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF42CF13A13F0B0EB6" box="[736,838,697,724]" captionStart="Figs 100105. 100101" captionStartId="125.[189,241,1925,1951]" captionTargetBox="[265,1323,265,1893]" captionTargetId="figure-52@125.[265,1323,265,1901]" captionTargetPageId="125" captionText="Figs 100105. 100101. Sphex decipiens Kohl, 1895. 102103. S. pruinosus Germar, 1817. 104 105. S. gaullei Berland, 1927. 100, 103, 105. Habitus of ♂. 101. Frontal view of ♀. 102, 104. Habitus of ♀." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299470" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299470/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 100</figureCitation>
)........................................................................7
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6. Free clypeal margin in both sexes medially with distinct tooth-like process. Male: placoids on flagellomeres IVVI, covering their entire length. Western Africa ......
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<emphasis id="B91F642CFF9DFFAF443F120E38F10F52" bold="true" box="[1040,1212,790,816]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">S. cinerascens</emphasis>
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Process at free clypeal margin broad and very short or absent. Male: placoids on flagellomeres V and VI, covering only their basal third. South and central Asia, Arabian Peninsula ...... ................................................................................................................
<taxonomicName id="4C6BC3BDFF9DFFAF440F1298393A0FF8" authority="Fabricius, 1804" authorityName="Fabricius" authorityYear="1804" box="[1056,1399,896,923]" class="Insecta" family="Vespidae" genus="Sphex" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="12" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="obscurus">
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Fabricius, 1804
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7. Erect propodeal setae oriented anteriorly, especially laterally on propodeal enclosure (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF44DF12A239740FB6" box="[1264,1337,954,980]" captionStart="Figs 16. 13" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1893,1919]" captionTargetBox="[200,1398,265,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-74@13.[200,1398,265,1863]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 16. 13. Dorsal view of propodeal setae in different orientation. 4. Lateral view of thoracic dorsum. 56. Lateral view of scutellum and metanotum. 1. Sphex pseudopraedator sp. nov., ♀. 2. S. jansei Cameron, 1910, ♂. 34. S. umtalicus Strand, 1916, ♀. 5. S. rufoclypeatus sp. nov., ♀. 6. S. gaullei Berland, 1927, ♀." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299442/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
)....8
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Erect propodeal setae oriented perpendicularly (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF430A12C53FC20F95" box="[805,911,989,1015]" captionStart="Figs 16. 13" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1893,1919]" captionTargetBox="[200,1398,265,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-74@13.[200,1398,265,1863]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 16. 13. Dorsal view of propodeal setae in different orientation. 4. Lateral view of thoracic dorsum. 56. Lateral view of scutellum and metanotum. 1. Sphex pseudopraedator sp. nov., ♀. 2. S. jansei Cameron, 1910, ♂. 34. S. umtalicus Strand, 1916, ♀. 5. S. rufoclypeatus sp. nov., ♀. 6. S. gaullei Berland, 1927, ♀." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299442/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figs 34</figureCitation>
)..............................................................9
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<keyStep id="309FA09BFF9DFFAF4092150F393B0880" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
<paragraph id="8BD4B83EFF9DFFAF4092150F393A081A" blockId="12.[189,1401,265,1987]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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8. Female: scutellum and metanotum markedly flat (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF437F150F3FD00850" box="[848,925,1047,1074]" captionStart="Figs 16. 13" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1893,1919]" captionTargetBox="[200,1398,265,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-74@13.[200,1398,265,1863]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 16. 13. Dorsal view of propodeal setae in different orientation. 4. Lateral view of thoracic dorsum. 56. Lateral view of scutellum and metanotum. 1. Sphex pseudopraedator sp. nov., ♀. 2. S. jansei Cameron, 1910, ♂. 34. S. umtalicus Strand, 1916, ♀. 5. S. rufoclypeatus sp. nov., ♀. 6. S. gaullei Berland, 1927, ♀." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299442/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
). Male: clypeus uniformly black or at most free margin ferruginous; erect clypeal setae silvery; petiole length less than 3× its medial width ...............................................................................................................
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<emphasis id="B91F642CFF9DFFAF444D154638F0081A" bold="true" box="[1122,1213,1118,1144]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">satanas</emphasis>
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group
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(Key D)
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Female: scutellum and metanotum convex (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF433E15993F2D08FE" box="[785,864,1153,1180]" captionStart="Figs 16. 13" captionStartId="13.[189,241,1893,1919]" captionTargetBox="[200,1398,265,1860]" captionTargetId="figure-74@13.[200,1398,265,1863]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="Figs 16. 13. Dorsal view of propodeal setae in different orientation. 4. Lateral view of thoracic dorsum. 56. Lateral view of scutellum and metanotum. 1. Sphex pseudopraedator sp. nov., ♀. 2. S. jansei Cameron, 1910, ♂. 34. S. umtalicus Strand, 1916, ♀. 5. S. rufoclypeatus sp. nov., ♀. 6. S. gaullei Berland, 1927, ♀." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299442" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299442/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). Male: clypeus uniformly black or lower third or half ferruginous (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF420C15BC3E3308DC" box="[547,638,1188,1214]" captionStart="Figs 2532. 2526" captionStartId="21.[189,241,1788,1814]" captionTargetBox="[189,1399,265,1761]" captionTargetId="figure-95@21.[189,1399,265,1761]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="Figs 2532. 2526. Ventral and lateral view of sternum VIII and genitalia in male of Sphex abyssinicus (Arnold, 1928). 2728. Frontal view of free clypeal margin in males. 2932. Dorsal view of fore- and hindwing in males and females of thegaullei group. 27. S. umtalicus Strand, 1916. 28. S. decipiens Kohl, 1895. 29. S. jansei Cameron, 1910, ♀. 30. S. jansei, ♂. 31. S. gaullei Berland, 1927, ♀. 32. S. gaullei, ♂." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299450" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299450/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 28</figureCitation>
); erect clypeal setae silvery, golden or black; petiole length in one species more than 3× its medial width (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF432915DF3F200883" box="[774,877,1223,1249]" captionStart="Figs 100105. 100101" captionStartId="125.[189,241,1925,1951]" captionTargetBox="[265,1323,265,1893]" captionTargetId="figure-52@125.[265,1323,265,1901]" captionTargetPageId="125" captionText="Figs 100105. 100101. Sphex decipiens Kohl, 1895. 102103. S. pruinosus Germar, 1817. 104 105. S. gaullei Berland, 1927. 100, 103, 105. Habitus of ♂. 101. Frontal view of ♀. 102, 104. Habitus of ♀." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299470" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299470/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Fig. 100</figureCitation>
) ...............................
<emphasis id="B91F642CFF9DFFAF444C15DF39460883" bold="true" box="[1123,1291,1223,1250]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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group
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(Key E)
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<paragraph id="8BD4B83EFF9DFFAF40921419393B0900" blockId="12.[189,1401,265,1987]" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">
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9. Metanotum not raised medially, with silvery-golden vestiture (
<figureCitation id="1350A4BBFF9DFFAF442B141938FF0979" box="[1028,1202,1281,1307]" captionStart="Figs 119123. 119120" captionStartId="149.[189,241,1890,1916]" captionTargetBox="[226,1362,265,1864]" captionTargetId="figure-74@149.[226,1362,265,1866]" captionTargetPageId="149" captionText="Figs 119123. 119120. Habitus of ♂. 121. Dorsal view of male genitalia. 122. Lateral view of male genitalia. 119. Sphex comorensis sp. nov. 120122. S. malagassus de Saussure, 1890. 123. Geographic distribution of S. comorensis sp. nov. (red), S. malagassus (blue), S. meridionalis (Arnold, 1947) (yellow), S. nefrens sp. nov. (purple) and S. occidentalis sp. nov. (green)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6299476" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6299476/files/figure.png" pageId="12" pageNumber="13">Figs 119120</figureCitation>
). Longest erect setae in anterior center of propodeal enclosure at least
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.
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and surrounding islands ....................................................................................................
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Metanotum raised medially, with black vestiture (
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). Longest erect setae in anterior half of propodeal enclosure no more than
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. Continental Africa............................................10
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10. Female: scutellar vestiture coarse and dense (
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); usually some erect setae (similar length as the long erect metanotal setae) present near scutellar center; propodeal sculpture discontinuously rugose; outer side of midtibial apex with distinctly curved spine. Male: free clypeal margin medially with distinct tooth-like process (
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) .....................................
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Female: scutellar vestiture fine and less dense (
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); scutellar center without any long erect setae like the ones on the metanotum (with long erect setae only being present near posterolateral scutellar margin); propodeal sculpture with fine transverse continuous carinae; spines on outer side of midtibial apex straight. Male: free clypeal margin without tooth-like process (
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)......11
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11. Female: clypeus black except for ferruginous free margin (
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). Male: appressed facial setae silvery; free clypeal margin largely black, lower clypeal center sometims ferruginous; basal half of mandible black with only a ferruginous stripe medially on mandible (
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) ............................ .......................................................................................................................
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Female: clypeus completely ferruginous (
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). Male: appressed facial setae brassy or golden; free clypeal margin and basal half of mandible largely ferruginous .....
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