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Wasp - Cheiloneurus - female

Wasp - Cheiloneurus - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 14, 2015

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Moved
Moved from Encyrtids.

I think this is more likely ...
... to be the genus Cheiloneurus (Diversinervus has a tuft on the mesoscutum, which is missing in this specimen).

 
Thanks Chalcidbear
This one does seem to have a tuft visible in the third image. I have a few Cheiloneurus posted and they also have tufts?

 
Yes, Cheiloneurus definitely have tufts ...
...(although they can be reduced in some species). I still do not see a tuft on the mesoscutum, and the antenna looks more like Cheiloneurus than Diversinervus.

Possibly
the genus Diversinervus although I don't know if any brachypterous species are known.

 
Thanks Zachary
A google search does bring up a brachypterous specimen similar to this one. The page won't load but a cached copy indicated that it was a Diversinervus cervantesi, so they do seem to exist.

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