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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae » Sceliotrachelinae » Amitus
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mostly parasitized, Whitefly pupae on Jewelweed - Amitus
Copyright © 2016 MJ Hatfield

mostly parasitized, Whitefly pupae on Jewelweed - Amitus
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
September 14, 2015
Size: <1 mm
September 14, 2015: collected leaf of Jewelweed, Impatiens pallida. On the underside of the leaf were:
1 spent Whitefly pupa, similar to this: , properly opened by a Whitefly
1 Whitefly pupa with a Whitefly inside, similar to this
3 parasitized Whitefly pupae
September 23, 2105: (on/before) 1 adult Whitefly
September 24, 2015: 3 wasps emerged but different from this one from a Whitefly on Jewelweed

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mostly parasitized, Whitefly pupae on Jewelweed - Amitus Platygastridae, from Whitefly, dorsal - Amitus - male Platygastridae, from Whitefly, lateral - Amitus - male Platygastridae, from Whitefly, ventral - Amitus - male parasitized spent Whitefly pupa on Jewelweed - Amitus
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 11 February, 2016 - 7:40pm
Last updated 12 February, 2016 - 7:00am

Moved
Moved from Platygastridae.
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Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
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