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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) » Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae) » Chrysidinae » Chrysidini » Chrysis » smaragdula species-group (Chrysis smaragdula species-group) » Chrysis inaequidens
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Chrysididae - Chrysis inaequidens - female
Copyright © 2012 Efram Goldberg

Chrysididae - Chrysis inaequidens - Female
Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, USA
December 7, 2012
Chrysididae wasp. Terminal abdominal segment has like a crown of spikes.

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Contributed by Efram Goldberg on 11 December, 2012 - 2:25pm
Last updated 18 December, 2012 - 7:02am

Moved
Moved from Chrysis.
Very nice pictures, good enough to identify the species and even better! Moreover, it is a new species for the BugGuide! Chrysis inaequidens is somewhat similar to C. smaragdula due to rather big size and 6 teeth at the end of metasoma but C. inaequidens does not have that large polished knobs at the ventral side of mesopleurae. There are few other similar species like C. wasbaueri, which has bicarinate distal edge of third tergum...
Sine ovipositor is visible it is obviously a female.
… Villu Soon, 18 December, 2012 - 6:59am login or register to post comments

 
fantastic -- thanks for the addition, Efram and Villu
… v belov, 18 December, 2012 - 7:35am login or register to post comments

magnificent series indeed. Dr Soon notified
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 December, 2012 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

WOW!
Efram,
Exceptional photos like this are always welcomed on BugGuide. Thank you
Robert
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 11 December, 2012 - 3:11pm login or register to post comments

Mesothorax
The top of the thorax is missing the lines that run parallel to the body found in c. angolensis
… Efram Goldberg, 11 December, 2012 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

 
I am in perpetual awe of this
I am in perpetual awe of this photo -- thanks for adding it to the website!
… Patrick Murray, 4 July, 2013 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you, it is one of my favorite photographs. It prints very well also, on luster and on fine art paper.
… Efram Goldberg, 4 July, 2013 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Unharmed
Also, the wasp was returned unharmed to its original location.
… Efram Goldberg, 4 July, 2013 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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