Ripiphorus epinomiae

From the key in Linsley & MacSwain, diagnostic characters for the female are: 1) First segment of posterior tarsus obliquely truncate at apex, usually elevated and shorter than following segments combined. 2) Head and thorax dark, abdomen wholly or partially reddish or yellow. 3) Antennae ten-segmented; pronotum, except smooth areas, very densely punctate; posterior tarsal claw with seven inner teeth. 5-8 mn. The male, as in the female, has the first segment of posterior tarsus obliquely truncate at apex and shorter than following segments combined...however, the abdomen is blackish-brown; the antennae are straw-yellow; and the posterior tarsi have 17 teeth on inner margin of the claw. Body length of the male is ~6 mm. Original description on first page of Linsley & MacSwain...see Print References below.