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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Aphelinidae
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Unknown parasitic wasp - female
Copyright © 2016 Susan Leach Snyder

Unknown parasitic wasp - Female
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
December 30, 2015
Size: 1 mm
This tiny wasp was caught with a sweep net in low, dry vegetation that was growing near a fence in a scrub. It was a very orange color.

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Unknown parasitic wasp - female Unknown parasitic wasp - female
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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 11 February, 2016 - 4:04pm
Last updated 12 February, 2016 - 1:40am

Aphelinidae
Centrodora. Good find!
… Zachary Lahey, 4 March, 2016 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very
much for the genus ID.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 5 March, 2016 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… John S. Ascher, 12 February, 2016 - 1:40am login or register to post comments

Aphelinidae…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 11 February, 2016 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very much for
the family ID, as well as the reference link. Just curious… why would female and male immature Aphelinids develop in different host species. Is there something that limits development of female larvae as hyperparasitoids of other chalcidoid larvae or pupa within homopterous hosts, or of being primary endoparasitoids of lepidopteran eggs?
… Susan Leach Snyder, 12 February, 2016 - 1:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Hosts...
I think that females always develop as primary endoparasitoids of homopterous hosts (usually coccoids), while the males may be primary ectoparasitoids of Homoptera, hyperparasitoids of other chalcidoid larvae or pupae within their homopterous hosts, or primary endoparasitoids of lepidopteran eggs.

You can read more about their unique life history and behavior here.
… Ross Hill, 16 February, 2016 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so
much for that additional link for information.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 5 March, 2016 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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