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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Chalcidid Wasps (Chalcididae) » Chalcidinae » Conura » flava group (Conura flava group) » Conura amoena
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Conura amoena - Conura amoena
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Conura amoena - Conura amoena
Trail, Jackson County, Oregon, USA
July 23, 2015
Size: ~6mm
What an incredible little wasp!

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Contributed by Crawlies with Cri on 23 July, 2015 - 7:30pm
Last updated 23 July, 2015 - 11:15pm

Moved
Moved from Conura.
… Crawlies with Cri, 23 July, 2015 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Are you sure?
According to the Info Page, there are 56 species of Conura in North America--and BugGuide has representatives of only six of them. Who knows how many others could look like this?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 July, 2015 - 5:00am login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 23 July, 2015 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

Agree - C. amoena…
Nice find. The row of continuous large teeth on the hind femur is suggestive of this species. It would probably not be a stretch that southern Oregon might be included in the distribution range of this species.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 23 July, 2015 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks Ross, I definitely used the reference pages - looked at several sp. here and on a few other sites (so hard to find info!) before landing on C. amoena - we'll see where it ends up! Got agreement from a couple arthropod folks on Twitter as well! Only second Chalcidid I've ever found!
… Crawlies with Cri, 23 July, 2015 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

 
No problem...
Feel free to move it to species level in the guide any time.
… Ross Hill, 23 July, 2015 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

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