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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » parasitic Apocrita » Chalcid Wasps (Chalcidoidea)
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Tiny wasp with Whiteflies
Copyright © 2006 Peter Bryant

Tiny wasp with Whiteflies
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
November 25, 2006
Size: ~1mm, seriously
In association with Whiteflies. Parasitoid? Aphelinidae?
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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 28 November, 2006 - 12:03am
Last updated 4 October, 2009 - 1:42pm

Moved
Moved from parasitic Apocrita.
… v belov, 4 October, 2009 - 1:42pm login or register to post comments

Scelionidae…
Fits this family including tiny size (avg=1-2.5mm), elbowed antennae with the correct number of segments, elongated oval abdomen that is dorsoventrally depressed, yellow coloration possible, and a sculptured thorax. These are neat-looking egg parasitoids and very diverse-looking. The lack of a clubbed antennae indicates that this is a male. Great find Peter.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 29 July, 2009 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

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