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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eupelmidae » Eupelminae » Eupelmus » Eupelmus cyaniceps
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Wasp ? - Eupelmus cyaniceps - female
Copyright © 2013 John Rosenfeld

Wasp ? - Eupelmus cyaniceps - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 10, 2013
I'm not sure what this is. The seeming lack of veins in the wings is new to me.
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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 20 December, 2013 - 8:05pm
Last updated 17 February, 2014 - 8:37am

Moved
Moved from Eupelmus.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 February, 2014 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ken!
My little wasp is happy to have a home.
… John Rosenfeld, 17 February, 2014 - 8:51am login or register to post comments

Eupelmus
Yes, a Eupelmus female. Most likely E. cyaniceps, but hard to be 100% certain without seeing sculptural features. The image does show one of the diagnostic features of the subfamily (Eupelminae) very well. Females, or at least fully winged females of the subfamily, have a convex, posteriorly tapered anteromedial mesoscutal lobe and behind this a concave posteromedial region bounded on either side by a longitudinal convex region. The exserted, dark-pale-dark ovipositor sheaths are also a dead give away for female Eupelmus.
… Gary Gibson, 21 December, 2013 - 11:33am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for the detailed explanation!
… John Rosenfeld, 21 December, 2013 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John Rosenfeld, 20 December, 2013 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

Evidently
This would evidently be Eupelmus, but Dr. Gibson will know for sure.
… Bob Carlson, 20 December, 2013 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Dr. Carlson
I see that there was a previous entry for PA that looks a lot like mine so I'm sure you are correct. I'll move it tentatively and wait for Dr. Gibson's confirmation.
… John Rosenfeld, 20 December, 2013 - 8:38pm login or register to post comments

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