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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Tiphioidea » Tiphiid Wasps (Tiphiidae) » Brachycistidinae » Brachycistis
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Unknown Wasp braconid? - Brachycistis - male
Copyright © 2012 Efram Goldberg

Unknown Wasp braconid? - Brachycistis - Male
Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
April 28, 2012
Size: Smal several mm
meteorus sp. maybe? the wings have pterostigmata one tiny colored cell near the outside edge
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Contributed by Efram Goldberg on 5 August, 2012 - 3:47pm
Last updated 16 May, 2018 - 9:01am

Tiphiidae: Brachycistidinae: Brachycistis sp., male
Possibly B. indiscreta based on size, coloration and location.

Moved from Brachycistidinae.
… George Waldren, 6 August, 2012 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 6 August, 2012 - 10:45pm login or register to post comments

braconid
the pterostigmata on the wing as well as the simple/lack of veination towards the back of the wing points toward braconid family. if anyone can narrow it down any more that would be helpful. thanks
… Efram Goldberg, 5 August, 2012 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

Aculeate
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… Bob Carlson, 5 August, 2012 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Aculeate
Aculeate is a very general identification. I know it is a wasp, I would like to know the family at least and at best genus and species.
… Efram Goldberg, 5 August, 2012 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

 
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I was merely letting you know that it isn't a braconid. Hopefully, someone more familiar with aculeates will be able to tell you what it is. Perhaps this would be similar:
… Bob Carlson, 5 August, 2012 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
thank you looks like Brachycistidinae, i counted the segments on the antenna definitely less then 16
… Efram Goldberg, 5 August, 2012 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

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