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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Aphelinidae
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Small Yellow Wasp
Copyright © 2007 Stephen Luk

Small Yellow Wasp
Richmond Hill, York Region, Ontario, Canada
June 26, 2007
Size: ~ 1 mm
In yellow pan trap. I think it's a Diap*riid, but I'm no expert.
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Contributed by Stephen Luk on 1 July, 2007 - 10:48pm
Last updated 2 July, 2007 - 8:57pm

Aphelinid Wasp
I've got to stop guessing Diap*riid... Again, thanks for the ID and correction.
Moved from parasitic Apocrita.
… Stephen Luk, 2 July, 2007 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

Aphelinid Wasp
These small Chalcids are related to Encyrtidae, but with a slightly different venation. Unlike most Chalcids, most have dull colors like this one.
… Richard Vernier, 2 July, 2007 - 5:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Based on the advanced cerci (
Based on the advanced cerci (black dots with hairlike projections about midway on the gaster), antennal segmentation, and long stigmal vein in the wing, this is almost certainly a member of the Encyrtidae.
… jmottern, 16 August, 2009 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

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