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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) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Euphorinae » Neoneurini » Neoneurus
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Hymenoptera - Neoneurus - female
Copyright © 2012 Derek Uhey

Hymenoptera - Neoneurus - Female
Big Gypsum Valley, near Slickrock, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA
August 6, 2012
Size: 3mm
Desert Riparian

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Contributed by Derek Uhey on 2 December, 2012 - 10:37pm
Last updated 3 December, 2012 - 2:08pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 3 December, 2012 - 2:08pm login or register to post comments

Neoneurus
Identified by Dr. Michael Sharkey as Neoneurus, an ant parasitoid in the family Braconidae. This is a new genus for Bug Guide. The sufamily Neoneurinae, in which it would fall, already exists on Bug Guide, but I am awaiting resolution of the question about whether or not there is a consensus about the preferred status of the group: tribe Neuronini of sufamily Euphorinae, versus subfamily Neoneurinae.
… Bob Carlson, 3 December, 2012 - 11:28am login or register to post comments

 
wow, how cool!
thanks Bob and Michael for the ID! neat new genus
… Derek Uhey, 3 December, 2012 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you for submitting this pair of interesting images. On the Neoneurus info page, I linked to a YouTube video of a Neoneurus species ovipositing in Formica ants. The video shows how the curved ovipositor functions.
… Bob Carlson, 3 December, 2012 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome video!
makes sense, there's tons of Formica in my pit traps
… Derek Uhey, 8 October, 2013 - 1:19am login or register to post comments

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