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Unid. parasitic wasp - Amitus
Copyright © 2015 John Schneider

Unid. parasitic wasp - Amitus
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 14, 2015
Size: < 1 mm
Found on the wall near my porch light.

1 - dorsal
2 - lateral
3 - ventral, also with tarsi in slightly better focus
4 - dorsal in situ
5 - lateral in situ

I included 4 and 5 because it just looked so weird when I found it.

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Unid. parasitic wasp - Amitus lateral - Amitus ventral & tarsi - Amitus dorsal, as found/in situ - Amitus lateral, as found/in situ - Amitus
Contributed by John Schneider on 25 October, 2015 - 11:57am
Last updated 28 October, 2015 - 5:22pm

Moved
Moved from Platygastridae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 October, 2015 - 5:22pm

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… John Schneider, 25 October, 2015 - 1:35pm

Platygastrid…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 25 October, 2015 - 1:02pm

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