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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Diaprioidea » Diapriidae » Belytinae » Belytini » Aclista
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wasp - Aclista
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

wasp - Aclista
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
October 20, 2008
Size: ~3mm
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 8 January, 2009 - 10:02pm
Last updated 22 January, 2011 - 6:31pm

Moved
Moved from Belytinae.
I see what you mean!
… Charley Eiseman, 22 January, 2011 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

these are different specimens
these are different specimens (see wings abdomens and heads!). Left - Aclista, right - Cinetus.
wings
… Victor Kolyada, 22 January, 2011 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aclista.
Whoops, I see the problem--two genera, one specimen.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 December, 2010 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Belytinae.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 December, 2010 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

Aclista sp. (Belytinae, Diapr
Aclista sp. (Belytinae, Diapriidae)
… Victor Kolyada, 18 January, 2009 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Ilona L., 10 January, 2009 - 6:14pm login or register to post comments

Nice find, Ilona
Wing veins are quite interesting.
… Ron Hemberger, 9 January, 2009 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

 
wing veins
Thanks. I'm hoping that will help in perhaps identifying this wasp. Late in fall these wasps do like the grape jelly.
… Ilona L., 9 January, 2009 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Forewing venation does help - Belytinae
One example of a very slender member of this subfamily of the Diapriidae (Proctotrypoidea). Despite their length, slightly clubbed antennae seemingly lacking the famous "modified segment" at the basis of the flagellum suggest a female.
These small wasps are most encountered late in the season, because they develop mainly in mushrooms (as parasitoid of Mycetophilid larvae).
… Richard Vernier, 10 January, 2009 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

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