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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Aphelinidae » Coccophaginae » Coccobius » Coccobius fulvus
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Coccobius fulvus? - Coccobius fulvus
Copyright © 2016 John Schneider

Coccobius fulvus? - Coccobius fulvus
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
September 20, 2016
Size: < 1 mm BL
Placed at Parasitica for expert attention. Looks a lot like the wasp here. I don't think i kept the specimen.

Found on underside of leaf, where there was also an adult whitefly. The whitefly seemed dead, with some of its white, dusty-looking wax on the leaf around it.

May have over lightened the pics to get the white background. Added darker versions. Not sure which is more realistic but the actual background was white.

Edit: First BG image for this species.

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Coccobius fulvus? - Coccobius fulvus Aphelinidae - Coccobius fulvus
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Contributed by John Schneider on 23 September, 2016 - 10:43pm
Last updated 17 December, 2023 - 5:15pm

Moved
Moved from Coccobius.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 September, 2016 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

Response by Dr. Jason Mottern (forwarded by Dr. Heraty)…
"Looks like Coccobius fulvus to me. It probably just happened to be near a whitefly. Host would be a diaspidid."

Well done, John, as Dr. Mottern agrees with you. A new species page can be created for this aphelinid under this genus.
… Ross Hill, 29 September, 2016 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ross! Dr. Noyes had r
Thanks, Ross! Dr. Noyes had referred me to Dr. Mottern, as well, but I hadn't gotten around to contacting him yet when I saw this comment.

And a thank you to Zachary, too.
… John Schneider, 29 September, 2016 - 1:08pm login or register to post comments

Aphelinid…
Will ask Dr. Heraty to comment on these images.
… Ross Hill, 28 September, 2016 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
Dr. Noyes may comment as well. i contacted him this afternoon
… John Schneider, 28 September, 2016 - 1:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphelinidae.
… John Schneider, 28 September, 2016 - 1:15pm login or register to post comments

Coccobius
The genus is correct but I don't know the species.
… Zachary Lahey, 28 September, 2016 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… John Schneider, 28 September, 2016 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

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