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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Aulacid, Ensign, and Gasteruptiid Wasps (Evanioidea) » Aulacid Wasps (Aulacidae) » Pristaulacus
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small red wasp with black wings and very long ovipositor - Pristaulacus - female
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Elliott

small red wasp with black wings and very long ovipositor - Pristaulacus - Female
West Fork Dry Creek (road washout area), Sanders County, Montana, USA
August 15, 2008
Size: around 15mm?
size doesn't include ovipositor

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small red wasp with black wings and very long ovipositor - Pristaulacus - female small red wasp with black wings and very long ovipositor - Pristaulacus - female
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 19 August, 2008 - 8:57pm
Last updated 25 July, 2009 - 8:27pm

Moved
Moved from Aulacidae.
… Lynette Elliott, 25 July, 2009 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

Pristaulacus sp.
A few western species are similar. Can't tell from picture.
… Dave Smith, 25 July, 2009 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
well no wonder I couldn't find it!
… Lynette Elliott, 20 August, 2008 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

Awesome!
This is a new species of Aulacidae for the guide! Pretty sure it is in the genus Pristaulacus, too, but I don't know the western species. Great find, Lynette:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 August, 2008 - 3:34pm login or register to post comments

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