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Trypoxylon rufimaculatum Antropov, 1987 First gastral segment club-shaped, gradually widening distally. Gaster black. Legs of females often black and yellowish brown, sometimes almost entirely black. This species is very similar to Trypoxylon varipes, but the female head is more rectangular in frontal view. It hunts a variety of spiders including those of Linyphiidae.

Crabronidae
Trypoxylon

Body length : female 7-10 mm male 6-7 mm
Distribution in Japan : Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima Island, Amami Islands Kunashiri Island




Dorsal view of female Lateral view of female

Frontal view of female
Dorsal view of male Lateral view of male

Frontal view of male

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