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Species Conura side

Chalcid, Conura? - Conura side - male Amazing black and yellow wasp? bee? with pointed abdomen and huge 'thighs' - Conura side - female Amazing black and yellow wasp? bee? with pointed abdomen and huge 'thighs' - Conura side - female Amazing black and yellow wasp? bee? with pointed abdomen and huge 'thighs' - Conura side - female Tiny Chalcid Wasp - Conura? - Conura side Tiny Chalcid Wasp - Conura? - Conura side Chalcidid wasp - Conura side tiny wasp - Conura side - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Chalcididae (Chalcidid Wasps)
Subfamily Chalcidinae
Genus Conura
No Taxon (side group)
Species side (Conura side)
Pronunciation
SEE-deh or SEE-day
IPA: ˈsiːdɛ or ˈsiːde
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conura side (Walker 1843)
Smiera flavopicta (Cresson, 1865)
Spilochalcis flavopicta Cresson, 1865
Explanation of Names
from the Latin sīde (inflection of 'I sit down' or 'I sink down')
Range
Canada (transcontinental) to Mexico & W. Indies; Philippines(1)
Food
Primary hosts: moths (wide variety), beetles (Curculionidae, Chrysomelidae), flies (Sarcophagidae, Tephritidae); parasitoid hosts: Braconidae & Ichneumonidae(1)