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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae » Platygastrinae » Inostemma
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Parasitic wasp - Inostemma
Copyright © 2018 Graham Montgomery

Parasitic wasp - Inostemma
McAllen Nature Center, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
March 10, 2018
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Contributed by Graham Montgomery on 28 March, 2018 - 3:12pm
Last updated 29 March, 2018 - 10:01pm

Very cool
Thanks to both of you for the help. Moved from Platygastrinae.
… Graham Montgomery, 29 March, 2018 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

Inostemma…
Comment by Dr. Lubomir Masner:

"Your little wasp is an Inostemma species. The horn on first tergite of T1 may be very short in some species and eventually absent completely. The latter case was described in Europe as Inocerota Szel. but later synonymized with Inostemma. Therefore, your species is correctly Inostemma. The horn/hump on first tergite of metasoma (T1) occurs in several genera of Platygastroidea. It houses the ovipositor, an adaptation for reaching the host in cryptic niches (e.g.deep soil)".

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 29 March, 2018 - 7:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Graham Montgomery, 28 March, 2018 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Graham Montgomery, 28 March, 2018 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

Platygastrinae…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 28 March, 2018 - 3:51pm login or register to post comments

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