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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Ensign Wasps (Evaniidae) » Hyptia
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Hyptia
Copyright © 2015 metrioptera

Hyptia
Reclaim Plains, Old Orchard Beach, York County, Maine, USA
June 17, 2015
Swept two of these from tall brush. Both Parcoblatta virginica and Ectobius lapponicus are abundant in the area.

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Contributed by metrioptera on 17 June, 2015 - 9:27pm
Last updated 18 June, 2015 - 9:12am

Moved
Moved from Ensign Wasps. Fairly sure this is Hyptia, as I don't see any obvious cells in the forewing. My best guess would be either H. harpyoides or H. thoracica, but I can't tell for sure.
… Brad Barnd, 17 June, 2015 - 9:43pm login or register to post comments

 
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Comment by Dr. Chandler on this image suggests that H. harpyoides is the only evaniid in the area. I kept the specimen, what would be needed for a species ID?
… metrioptera, 18 June, 2015 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
It's likely both occur in New England
but its hard to be sure. Hymenoptera catalog (1) defintely puts harpyoides in your area and also lists H. thoracica up to Ontario and Connecticut.

See http://evanioidea.info/public/clave/show/614 for identification key. Link I gave goes to the furthest point I could get to with confidence.

The key characters are on the mesopleuron (the shiny lateral section of the thorax), the sculpture of the head, and the punctures on the ventral side of the hind femur.
… Brad Barnd, 18 June, 2015 - 9:04pm login or register to post comments

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