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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eulophidae » Eulophinae » Cirrospilini » Aulogymnus
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chalcid wasp - Aulogymnus
Copyright © 2015 Steve Scholnick

chalcid wasp - Aulogymnus
North Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
April 27, 2015
Size: ~3mm
I’m not sure if this is a pteromalid or a eulophid. It appears to have 4 tarsal segments which would make it the latter but these aren’t exactly the greatest photos.
Some help would be much appreciated. TIA

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 1 May, 2015 - 11:38pm
Last updated 31 March, 2020 - 2:40pm

Moved
Moved from Pteromalids.
… Steve Scholnick, 31 March, 2020 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

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… Steve Scholnick, 2 May, 2015 - 12:21am login or register to post comments

It's a Pteromalid…
The tarsi in your image are five-segmented, though it may be difficult to see these segments clearly.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 2 May, 2015 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

 
thanks
is the fourth segment small and almost inseparable from the fifth in this photo?
… Steve Scholnick, 2 May, 2015 - 12:20am login or register to post comments

 
Exactly...
The fourth distal segment is the shortest, length-wise, even shorter than the third.
… Ross Hill, 2 May, 2015 - 12:55am login or register to post comments

 
thanks again!
If I find another one, I'll make a better attempt at getting photos of the legs. This is the first and only chalcid I've found.
… Steve Scholnick, 2 May, 2015 - 1:05am login or register to post comments

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