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Species Acanthochalcis unispinosa

Acanthochalcis unispinosa - female Acanthochalcis unispinosa - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Chalcididae (Chalcidid Wasps)
Subfamily Cratocentrinae
Genus Acanthochalcis
Species unispinosa (Acanthochalcis unispinosa)
Explanation of Names
Acanthochalcis unispinosa Girault 1917
Identification
There are only diverging strips of white hairs on T6 of the abdomen as opposed to the thick, spot-like patches found in A. nigricans. Males are larger and have a longer flagellum (1.5x head height).
Range
TX-AZ(1)
Life Cycle
Larvae are associated with Quercus lobata (valley oak)(2)
Works Cited
1.Universal Chalcidoidea Database
2.On the New World Chalcididae
Gérard Delvare & Zdeněk Bouček. 1992. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 53, 466 pp.