Psorthaspis planata explained

Psorthaspis planata is a spider-hunting wasp of western North America, mostly commonly observed in the Californias.^[1] Prey species include the California trapdoor spider.^[2] According to entomologist J. Chester Bradley in 1944, the females of Psorthaspis planata have "the tops of the eyes remote from the top of the head, and the ocelli placed low. The males have purplish tomentum and wholly black wings, like the females."^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Evans, Howard E. . The genus Psorthaspis on the Mexican central plateau (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) . Evans . Howard E. . Hurd . Paul D. . 1954 . American Museum of Natural History . New York . 12.
2. Book: Hogue, Charles L. . Insects of the Los Angeles Basin . Hogue . James N. . Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County . 2015 . 978-0938644-44-6 . 910654655 . 388 . 93084264 . 3rd . Los Angeles . en-us .
3. Bradley . J. Chester . 1944 . A Preliminary Revision of the Pompilinae (Exclusive of the Tribe Pompilini) of the Americas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 70 . 1/2 . 23–157 . 0002-8320.