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Conura - Chalcis
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Conura - Chalcis
Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky, USA
May 26, 2015
Size: 6mm
Found on creek bank walking through mud.

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Conura - Chalcis Conura - Chalcis
Contributed by Lisa I. on 29 May, 2015 - 12:06pm
Last updated 2 June, 2016 - 11:11pm

Chalcis sp., female
Moved from Conura. ID'd from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Lisa!

Species of Chalcis are parasitoids of soldier fly (Stratiomyiidae) larvae, which is why you found this on a creek bank.

It differs from Conura in some minute details, including a tiny or absent mesotibial spur, densely setose mesocoxae, and a more protruded ovipositor.
… Brad Barnd, 2 June, 2016 - 11:11pm

 
Wow
Thanks Brad!
… Lisa I., 3 June, 2016 - 7:10pm

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