Species Bocchus flavipes

Classification · Identification

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Chrysidoidea (Cuckoo Wasps and Allies)

Family Dryinidae (Dryinids)

Genus Bocchus

Species flavipes (Bocchus flavipes)

Identification

Very close to Bocchus hainesi. The key characters are contained in the chela (don't show in photos in the guide). They can however be separated by the presence of a faint infuscated spot in the wing of B. flavipes.

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 21 December, 2007 - 3:44pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 14 June, 2008 - 5:22pm

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