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Sawfly

Eutomostethus ephippium

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Field Notes

Description:

Small wasp, shiny black with a red thorax and all black wings, about 8 mm in length. A Sawfly of the Family Tenthredinidae.

Habitat:

On a woody plant with fuzzy leaves, Rancho Nuevo Park, 10 km west of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico, 2,340 meters.

Notes:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sawfly._Tenthredinidae._Possibl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutomostethus_ephippium
https://www.naturalista.mx/taxa/130721-Eutomostethus-ephippium
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/eutomostethus-ephippium

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