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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Cuckoo Wasps & allies (Chrysidoidea) » Pincer Wasps (Dryinidae) » Gonatopodinae » Apterodryinus » Apterodryinus torvus
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Dryinid - Apterodryinus torvus
Copyright © 2011 J. Ott

Dryinid - Apterodryinus torvus
Pearl River County, Mississippi, USA
May 27, 2011
Size: 4.7mm
Id appreciated.
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Contributed by J. Ott on 27 May, 2011 - 8:31pm
Last updated 7 June, 2011 - 4:33pm

Moved
Moved from Gonatopodinae.
… Dennis Haines, 7 June, 2011 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dryinids.
… Dennis Haines, 31 May, 2011 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

Beautiful picture!
The specimen belongs in the Gonatopodinae. The subapical tooth and lamellae on the enlarged claw, along with the large size place it in a small subgroup. The only species with the acute keel on the posterior half of the pronotum and this color combination is Apterodryinus torvus. To be abosultely sure you would need to count the segments of the labial and maxillary palps.
… Dennis Haines, 31 May, 2011 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Dennis for the compliment
I can go to 5x with the lens i have and will try to provide the
needed photo,this specimen is available for voucher if interested.

Thanks again.
… J. Ott, 31 May, 2011 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

 
I'm always excited to see a d
I'm always excited to see a dryinid in person!
… Dennis Haines, 31 May, 2011 - 4:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Great,My email is listed on bio page if you would
like to send me an address to mail specimen to.Thanks so much,I tried
to get some images but would probably need about 10x I am guessing.
… J. Ott, 31 May, 2011 - 5:01pm login or register to post comments

 
I got the specimen in the mai
I got the specimen in the mail today, and it is indeed Apterodryinus torvus. I have one specimen I collected in California and sent to Dr. Olmi for identification. Your's is identical except that mine is darker in color. Olmi says the color is variable from the feruginous color your's exhibits to the more brown abdomen and head that mine has.
… Dennis Haines, 7 June, 2011 - 4:28pm login or register to post comments

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