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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 » Anastatus
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Small wasp - Anastatus - female
Copyright © 2007 Graham Montgomery

Small wasp - Anastatus - Female
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
April 8, 2007
Size: ~5 mm

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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 8 April, 2007 - 9:33pm
Last updated 5 March, 2011 - 3:40pm

Moved
Moved from Eupelmidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 October, 2010 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

Small wasp
This is a female of the genus Anastatus Motschulsky (Eupelmide). I am a bit hesitant to provide a species identification based on the images, but it likely is Anastatus pearsalli Ashmead, which are egg parasitoids of various bugs and moths.
… Gary Gibson, 8 October, 2010 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

Eupelmidae (Chalcidoidea)
Fairly similar to another one previously posted. Very special, concave mesoscutum is the hallmark for this small family, closely related to Encyrtidae, whose members are difficult to spot on the field.
… Richard Vernier, 10 April, 2007 - 12:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks for the ID.
… Graham Montgomery, 11 April, 2007 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

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