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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Twisted-winged Insects (Strepsiptera) » Xenidae » Xenos » Xenos peckii
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Twisted-winged Insect (Xenos sp.) parasites - Xenos peckii
Copyright © 2010 Ted Kropiewnicki

Twisted-winged Insect (Xenos sp.) parasites - Xenos peckii
Bear, New Castle County, Delaware, USA
September 4, 2009
Strepsiptera is a known parasite of Polistes fuscatus - I am looking for confirmation and possible further identification of parasites in this image.
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Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 16 January, 2010 - 3:01pm
Last updated 16 September, 2021 - 11:42am

Moved
Moved from Xenos.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 16 September, 2021 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Thanks Jeff! Thanks Blaine! You guys are awesome!
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 16 January, 2010 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Xenos
is the genus found in Polistes, yes. These are the empty puparia of males, as females remain in the host.
… Blaine Mathison, 16 January, 2010 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

Nice
I pulled the image down and tinkered with it in Photoshop. Looks like a spent puparium on the left and a female (to me at least) on the right.

Probably Xenos, but please wait for further confirmation.

Nice find!
… Jeff Gruber, 16 January, 2010 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

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