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Bethylid wasp - Pseudisobrachium
Copyright © 2016 Steve Scholnick

Bethylid wasp - Pseudisobrachium
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
August 28, 2016
Size: ~4-5mm est. from photo
contrast pushed to try to make the wing venation more visible. Looks to me like Goulet & Huber's description "Fore wing with vein Rs&M simple and evenly arched, not angled or giving rise to any vein or stub, sometimes without vein Rs&M; 1st discal cell (ID) absent." (1)

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 1 September, 2016 - 11:20pm
Last updated 12 December, 2016 - 9:24pm

Moved
Moved from Bethylidae.
… Steve Scholnick, 12 December, 2016 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

A male of Pseudisobrachium
It seems to be a male of the genus Pseudisobrachium (Pristocerinae).
… Jongok LIM, 12 December, 2016 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 5 September, 2016 - 6:33pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Steve Scholnick, 5 September, 2016 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

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