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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Chalcidid Wasps (Chalcididae) » Brachymeriinae » Brachymeria » Brachymeria podagrica
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Black & Red Chalcid Wasp - Brachymeria podagrica - female
Copyright © 2016 Bob Biagi

Black & Red Chalcid Wasp - Brachymeria podagrica - Female
Tonopah Desert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
June 1, 2015
Size: 5.5mm
I'm fairly sure that this Chalcidid Wasp is a female Brachymeria podagrica. The abdominal segments are hard to count, but the large size ratio, (compared to the thorax) suggests that this is a female.
There seems to be ten flagellomeres, but the first and last segments are shorter than the others and some of the divisions are very hard to see. I'm including a few more views.

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Contributed by Bob Biagi on 11 August, 2016 - 7:20pm
Last updated 11 August, 2016 - 9:09pm

Moved
Moved from Brachymeria. -- Thanks for the info Ross!
… Bob Biagi, 11 August, 2016 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Agree…
Seems to match the description here pretty well, indeed.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 11 August, 2016 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Bob Biagi, 11 August, 2016 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

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