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Wasp - Zaischnopsis bouceki - female
Copyright © 2014 Lisa I.

Wasp - Zaischnopsis bouceki - Female
Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
October 18, 2014
Size: 2.2mm
Found in sweep net. The head is has a bright pink/purple tint.

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Contributed by Lisa I. on 18 October, 2014 - 7:14pm
Last updated 12 December, 2015 - 12:53pm

Zaischnopsis bouceki Gibson, female
ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Lisa.

Beautiful little wasp.
… Brad Barnd, 29 December, 2015 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Eupelminae.
… v belov, 5 November, 2014 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
Welcome back!
Vbelov, you have been missed. :)
… Lisa I., 5 November, 2014 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

Wasp
This is indeed a female eupelmine, Zaischnopsis bouceki. It was named after a Czech chalcidologist who was undoubtedly the greatest chalcidologist of modern times. The species is widespread in eastern North America from southern Ontario in Canada south to Florida and west the eastern Texas. I also have a couple specimens from California, but these might be mislabeled. The Kentucky record is a new state record, though certainly not unexpected. The male of the species is not known. Little certain is known about its biology, it is likely an egg parasitoid, and possibly of wood-boring beetles, but either has yet to be proven definitively.
… Gary Gibson, 19 October, 2014 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Very much.
… Lisa I., 5 November, 2014 - 7:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Lisa I., 18 October, 2014 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Eupelminae (female)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 18 October, 2014 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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