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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eupelmidae » Eupelminae » Eupelmus » Eupelmus messene
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Purple!? - Eupelmus messene
Copyright © 2007 Ray Simpson

Purple!? - Eupelmus messene
Dixie Plantation, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
June 17, 2007
Size: 2mm
An iridescent purple flightless something or other... sweep netted
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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 18 June, 2007 - 12:49am
Last updated 8 October, 2010 - 9:33am

Moved
Moved from Eupelmidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 October, 2010 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

Purple
Female of Eupelmus (Macroneura) veiscularis (Retzius).
… Gary Gibson, 8 October, 2010 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

Eupelmidae
This is a Chalidoid wasp. They are often apterous, brachypterous, or fully winged. They are jumpers, and their thorax is geared to allow them to jump; when they die, they typically look like this because of the way the muscles in the thorax contract (or relax?).
… Andy Boring, 25 June, 2007 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

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