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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 » Lagynodes
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Parasitic Wasp - Lagynodes
Copyright © 2013 Derek Uhey

Parasitic Wasp - Lagynodes
Big Gypsum Valley, near Slickrock, Montrose County, Colorado, USA
August 9, 2013
Size: 1.2mm
Pit trapped in native shrub desert riparian habitat

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Contributed by Derek Uhey on 8 October, 2013 - 1:05am
Last updated 5 November, 2022 - 10:17am

Moved
Moved from Ceraphronid and Megaspilid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 5 November, 2022 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

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… Eric R. Eaton, 9 October, 2013 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

Ceraphronoidea
These wingless groups are hard to ID. On one hand, the wide base of the metasoma makes it look like a Ceraphronidae. On the other hand, the yellow body reminds me of the genus Lagynodes (in the family Megaspilidae, and often found from soil/litter samples).
… Bob Zuparko, 8 October, 2013 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

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