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Raptor Wasp - Esagonatopus niger
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Raptor Wasp - Esagonatopus niger
Dixie Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
August 26, 2007
Size: 3mm

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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 29 September, 2007 - 7:51pm
Last updated 26 April, 2008 - 11:23pm

Moved
Moved from Dryinids.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 14 December, 2007 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

Looks to be....
Esagonatopus niger. Gonatopus has a prominent transverse groove on the pronotum that this specimen lacks.
… Dennis Haines, 7 December, 2007 - 10:08pm login or register to post comments

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