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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Diaprioidea » Diapriidae » Diapriinae » Diapriini » Basalys
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Wasp ID - Basalys - female
Copyright © 2008 Scott Justis

Wasp ID - Basalys - Female
Norfolk, Virginia, USA
July 18, 2008
Size: ~3.5mm (body)
Very interesting clubbed antennae on this wasp. I saw even smaller ones with the same type of antennae, but did not get an image of them.
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Contributed by Scott Justis on 18 July, 2008 - 8:12pm
Last updated 12 February, 2011 - 7:27am

Moved
Moved from Diapriidae.
… Scott Justis, 10 December, 2008 - 11:15am login or register to post comments

Basalys (Diapriinae)
One of the important characters is the strong 3 (or more uncommonly 4) segmented clava in females.
… matt_yoder, 10 December, 2008 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

Diapriidae
Stunning shot of a tiny wasp!
… Matthias Buck, 21 July, 2008 - 9:23am login or register to post comments

Proctotrupoidea
I'd place it in the Proctotrupoidea - possibly in the family Diapriidae, not too sure though.
… Chris Grinter, 19 July, 2008 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

[just a thank you note]
the shots like this one make me want to drop whatever i'm doing in my life and spend the rest of it studying hymenopteran miniparasites. I'm flooded with job now and still take a furtive peek at your pic now and then... i wish i could help IDing the darling :-[
still, look here
… v belov, 19 July, 2008 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you...
For all of the help you have given me and others with the identification of the bugs in our submitted images. I've seen quite a number of these tiny wasps and will get images of them eventually....with luck :^)
… Scott Justis, 19 July, 2008 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

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