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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Encyrtid Wasps (Encyrtidae)
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Encyrtid(?) sp.
Copyright © 2014 John Schneider

Encyrtid(?) sp.
near Briargrove area, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 21, 2014
Size: ~1 mm BL
I went through all the Encyrtid images in the guide and found no match.

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Encyrtid(?) sp. lateral mesotibial spur
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Contributed by John Schneider on 21 October, 2014 - 11:11pm
Last updated 15 November, 2014 - 11:46am

Not surprising you found no match ...
Males (the hairy antennae are a dead giveaway) are notoriously difficult to ID to genus. So while they are still fairly easy (for some of us at least) to ID to family, most males are impossible to ID to genus (especially if you only have access to an image and not the specimen itself).
… Bob Zuparko, 16 December, 2014 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita). Thanks, Ross!
… John Schneider, 21 October, 2014 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

Right - Encyrtid male…
Thanks, John for that last image, as I was hoping to see that mid tibial spur!

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 21 October, 2014 - 11:29pm login or register to post comments

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