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Agathidine Wasp (Braconidae) in the Colorado Rockies
Copyright © 2006 Adalbert Goertz

Agathidine Wasp (Braconidae) in the Colorado Rockies
Win-Mar Junction US Highway 82/24 at about 9000 ft, Lake County, Colorado, USA
July 13, 2006
Size: L = 6 mm
Found on Senecio spartioides - Broom Senecio. Large wing stigma.

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Contributed by Adalbert Goertz on 15 July, 2006 - 12:05pm
Last updated 12 January, 2008 - 5:04pm

Bassus s. s.
I have just consulted with Dr. Mike Sharkey (my graduate advisor and an expert on agathidine braconids at the University of Kentucky)and he identifies this as belonging to the genus Bassus sensu stricto. This is based on the following logic. There are three main agathidine genera with the "long face" (Agathus, Bassus, and Cremnops). Agathus is almost always entirely black, whereas Bassus and Cremnops are red & black. Cremnops has a carina extending from the lateral margin of the antenna to the lateral ocelli. The carina is absent in Bassus. There are other characters but these are the easiest to see in these images.
… Ray Fisher, 15 November, 2007 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Adalbert's Colorado Images.
… Joe, Entomologist (in training), 10 May, 2007 - 9:39pm login or register to post comments

Agathidinae
This is the braconid subfamiliy Agathidinae. The fore wing RS vein quickly turns to the wing margin. This is very characteristic of the subfamiliy. Many of the agathidines are black with shades of red/orange.
… Andy Boring, 19 July, 2006 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for narrowing this down.
… Adalbert Goertz, 19 July, 2006 - 5:34pm login or register to post comments

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