Tachysphex buyssoni Morice, 1897

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Tachysphex buyssoni Morice, 1897

( Figure 12 a-d) Tachysphex buyssoni Morice, 1897: 307 , ♀, ♂.

Diagnosis

Gaster and legs (except black coxae and trochanters) red ( Figure 12 (a,b)); labrum distinctly convex, protruding well beyond clypeus ( Figure 12 (d)); mandible with large mandibular notch ( Figure 12 (c)).

Figures

Figure 12. Tachysphex buyssoni Morice (female): (a) Dorsal habitus; (b) Lateral habitus; (c) lateral view of head (part) (emargination of mandible indicated); (d) Frontal view of head.