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2 Pronotum dark red, fore tibia uniformly dark red, corium dark red (
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- Pronotum black or orange-red, fore tibia banded with black and orange, corium orange to dark red (
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, 
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, Baja peninsula and northwestern 
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........................ 
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3 Black, posterior pronotal margin and connexivum orange to dark red (
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with dorsolateral lobes of the endosoma not divided into anterior and posterior portions, rather present as a single, folded sclerite with a lateral prolongation (
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and females with pronotum mostly black, sometimes with red at anterior or lateral edges, corium red, abdominal connexiva forming a continuous pale yellow to white margin around abdomen (
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, 
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)..... 
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Berniker &amp; Szerlip
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- Males with dorsolateral lobes of the endosoma clearly divided into proximal and distal portions (
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). Male and female color not as above, if similar in color, never found in 
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).............. 5
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5 Proximal and distal portions of the dorsolateral lobes of the endosoma equal in size and shape (
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). Females with distal margin of syntergite 9/10 flat (
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)............................................................... 6
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- Proximal and distal portions of the dorsolateral lobes of the endosoma not equal in size and shape, proximal portion semicircular or tongue shaped, distal portion elongate (
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). Females with distal margin of syntergite 9/10 emarginate or slightly emarginate (
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)...................................................................... 7
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6 Pronotum mostly black, sometimes with red at anterior or lateral edges, corium and legs dark red (
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).......................................................................................... 
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<emphasis id="B97950556F09FFDFFBA2FF32EC03DD82" bold="true" box="[1132,1349,181,202]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Apiomerus rufipennis</emphasis>
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- Pronotal lobes orange or red, each with transverse black band along posterior margin, corium and leg color orange or red (
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)..................................................... 
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7 Median process of pygophore a broad, deep U-shape (
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), abdominal venter usually striped.................... 8
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8 Fore femur and tibia uniformly black, each abdominal connexival segment with a pale yellow to white stripe at anterior edge of segment, resulting in a banded appearance in dorsal and lateral view (
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Berniker &amp; Szerlip
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- Fore femur and tibia red to brown, sometimes with apical half of tibia black, but never uniformly black, abdominal connexivum forming a continuous margin around abdomen (
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- Males 
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, Arizona east through Texas and along Gulf Coast, never in the Florida peninsula (
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