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tiny wasp - female
Copyright © 2016 Salvador Vitanza

tiny wasp - Female
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA
December 19, 2015
Found floating in pool
Coordinates: 31.735425, -106.303592
Elevation: 1,198 m
Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 18 February, 2016 - 7:17am
Last updated 13 January, 2024 - 5:14pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 18 February, 2016 - 1:53pm

Sclerogibbidae…
This is a ventral view, probably of Sclerogibba talpiformis. This female has lost some of its terminal antennal segments. Not a bethylid.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 18 February, 2016 - 11:25am

 
Great!
Thank you Ross! I don't know why I didn't try to obtain other angles. I guess that I lost my interest when I accidentally killed and damaged this bug. I appreciate your kind help.
… Salvador Vitanza, 18 February, 2016 - 11:51am

Looks like the head is very flattened ...
... so my first reaction is that it is likely a Bethylidae.
… Bob Zuparko, 18 February, 2016 - 9:36am

 
I have been finding
lots of Bethylidae males at this site (my house) so your diagnosis makes perfect sense. Thank you Chalcidbear!
… Salvador Vitanza, 18 February, 2016 - 11:06am

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