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clypeal lamina of female
The clypeal lamina can be quite extraordinary, as highlighted here. This museum specimen was identified by H. Evans as Cerceris aurantiaca, and he describes the clypeus as follows:
“clypeal lamina much longer than wide, porrect but strongly curved downward, apex truncate”
Image kindly provided by Dr Ben Parslow, Collection Manager, South Australian Museum (SAMA)