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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Ceraphronid and Megaspilid Wasps (Ceraphronoidea) » Megaspilidae » Megaspilinae » Trichosteresis » Trichosteresis glabra
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Small Wasp - Trichosteresis glabra - female
Copyright © 2012 Jim Moore

Small Wasp - Trichosteresis glabra - Female
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
September 27, 2011
Size: 3.5mm
Perhaps Family Megaspilidae? (1)
My thanks for any further ID help!
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Contributed by Jim Moore on 26 December, 2012 - 12:16pm
Last updated 15 March, 2013 - 7:05am

Moved
Moved from Megaspilidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 March, 2013 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Thank you Ross for the confirmation!
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Jim Moore, 26 December, 2012 - 12:42pm login or register to post comments

 
id
Trichosteresis glabra female
… Istvan Miko, 14 March, 2013 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Istvan!
Species ID is greatly appreciated!
… Jim Moore, 15 March, 2013 - 1:04am login or register to post comments

Yes…
Besides the large wing stigma and dorsolaterally compressed abdomen, you can see the grooves in the mesoscutum in this image. A nice find.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 26 December, 2012 - 12:35pm login or register to post comments

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