Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Summer 2025 gathering in Louisiana, July 19-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Aphelinidae
Photo#1161184
Aphelinidae, emerged from Whitefly on St. John's-wort, lateral - female
Copyright © 2015 MJ Hatfield

Aphelinidae, emerged from Whitefly on St. John's-wort, lateral - Female
Shimek State Forest, Lee County, Iowa, USA
October 30, 2015
Size: .563 mm
October 16, 2015: whitefly pupae collected by M. Leoschke on leaves of St. John's-wort, Hypericum sp.

October 30, 2015: 2 live wasps
Batch

Images of this individual: tag all
Aphelinidae, emerged from Whitefly on St. John's-wort, lateral - female Aphelinidae, dorsal - female Aphelinidae, dorsal, wings - female Aphelinidae, ventral - female
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 1 November, 2015 - 8:19am
Last updated 17 January, 2016 - 5:26am

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… MJ Hatfield, 1 November, 2015 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

Yes - Aphelinidae (female)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 1 November, 2015 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
I really appreciate all the expertise on BG.
You may have noticed that I'm not very good at ID'ing and I've not gotten much better over time.
… MJ Hatfield, 1 November, 2015 - 8:48am login or register to post comments

 
Well...
You certainly ID'd this one correctly! These are typically primary parasitoids - only a few other chalcid families are known to attack whiteflies. There are some hyperparasitoids that attack immature eulophid or encyrtid primary parasitoids.
… Ross Hill, 1 November, 2015 - 8:57am login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact