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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Phygadeuontinae » Phygadeuontini » Gelina » Gelis
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wingless wasp - Gelis - female
Copyright © 2008 Ilona L.

wingless wasp - Gelis - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 4, 2008
Size: ~5-7mm
At first glance this looked like a small ant.
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 4 July, 2008 - 9:22pm
Last updated 22 December, 2010 - 9:21pm

Moved
Moved from Phygadeuontini.
… Bob Carlson, 4 October, 2009 - 7:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cryptinae.
… Bob Carlson, 4 October, 2009 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gelis.
… Ilona L., 6 July, 2008 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

ID?
How was this IDed? Do you have any information that we can add to the info page? There is nothing about identification.
Is it a female? I see what looks like an ovipositor.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 July, 2008 - 10:11am login or register to post comments

 
wingless wasp
I based my identification mainly on the other photos in this group. I knew it was a wasp by the antennae, eyes and ovipositor and then searched with the terms "wingless wasp" to come up with this page. Should I have waited to move the photos until a positive ID was made?
… Ilona L., 6 July, 2008 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

 
Subfamily Gelinae
There are approximately 230 genera in 26 tribes in the subfamily Gelinae. It is possible that several other IDs are wrong too. You may be right but perhaps it is better to be in the safe side. I will take a look at the others.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 July, 2008 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

 
wasp
I moved the two wasp photos up to the subfamily level. In doing so I noticed one of your wasps in that section looked like one I found last year so I added my other wasp photo to the Gelinae group.
… Ilona L., 6 July, 2008 - 10:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Ilona L., 4 July, 2008 - 10:24pm login or register to post comments

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