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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Cremastinae
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Small wasp - female
Copyright © 2012 Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara

Small wasp - Female
Edgar Wash, W of Redington, Pima County, Arizona, USA
April 22, 2012
small wasp hiding in the shade under a leaf, dry river wash, Sonoran Desert area, elev 2900 feet.
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Contributed by Lon Brehmer and Enriqueta Flores-Guevara on 30 April, 2012 - 3:40pm
Last updated 30 April, 2012 - 7:10pm

Moved
I changed my mind because I see this ovipositor architecture in some Cremastinae, and I don't think this can be anything else.

Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 30 April, 2012 - 7:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
It has been rejected as a braconid. The apparent lateral compression of the metasoma and the shape of the head seem to suggest Cremastinae, but I just can't see the petiole well enough to be sure.

Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 30 April, 2012 - 6:24pm login or register to post comments

Wow
That is a neat critter. I'd like it to be an ichneumonid, but I have to suspect that the shape of the ovipositor indicates Braconidae. I'll hope to get an opinion from a braconid specialist.
… Bob Carlson, 30 April, 2012 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

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