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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Pteromalid Wasps (Pteromalidae) » Ormocerinae » Ormocerus
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Ormocerus sp. from cynipid gall - Ormocerus
Copyright © 2017 Michael W. Palmer

Ormocerus sp. from cynipid gall - Ormocerus
Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
March 15, 2017
Size: 2.5mm
Collection 3067.1. fine twigs of Quercus macrocarpa gathered 3/10/2017. Emerged ~3/15.
Ignore the hemipteran.
Roger Burks identified the genus from images posted to the Hymenopterist Forum FB group. The genus is not yet in BugGuide but is known from North America.

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Contributed by Michael W. Palmer on 20 March, 2017 - 11:09am
Last updated 20 March, 2017 - 1:44pm

thanks for the addition --
could you please include the name of the expert who provided the id?

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… v belov, 20 March, 2017 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

 
a reference
I don't know what it takes to add a reference, but here is a report of the genus in North America.

Dzhanokmen, K.A.; Grissell, E.E. (2003) Nomenclatural changes in Pteromalidae, with description of the first new world species of |Ormocerus| Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)., Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington VOLUME: 105(3) PAGES: 535-541
… Michael W. Palmer, 20 March, 2017 - 2:05pm login or register to post comments

 
my bad this time!
Thanks. I'm sending my specimen to Burk, who plans to sequence it.
… Michael W. Palmer, 20 March, 2017 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks
it was cited on the page already
… v belov, 20 March, 2017 - 2:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Already there.
In the main text, I had indicated it is Roger Burks. He's at UC Riverside. Thank you for creating the new page!
… Michael W. Palmer, 20 March, 2017 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

 
ah! my bad, Michael -- sorry, i misread your remarks
… v belov, 20 March, 2017 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

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