Species Oethecoctonus oecanthi

Classification · Identification

3.5mm wasp found inside twig - Oethecoctonus oecanthi - female

3.5mm wasp found inside twig - Oethecoctonus oecanthi

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon ("Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita))

Superfamily Platygastroidea

Family Platygastridae

Subfamily Scelioninae

Genus Oethecoctonus

Species oecanthi (Oethecoctonus oecanthi)

Identification

..."distinctly excavate occiput" (comment by O. A. Popovici)

Contributed by v belov on 2 January, 2011 - 11:30am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 22 March, 2011 - 7:40am

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