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Species Chalcedectus hyalinipennis

Amotura (=Euchrysia) hyalinipennis (Ashmead, 1896) - Chalcedectus hyalinipennis - female Amotura (=Euchrysia) hyalinipennis - Chalcedectus hyalinipennis - female Chalcid at back porch light.  ID, please. - Chalcedectus hyalinipennis Amotura (=Euchrysia) hyalinipennis (Ashmead, 1896) - Chalcedectus hyalinipennis - 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 Chalcedectidae
Genus Chalcedectus
Species hyalinipennis (Chalcedectus hyalinipennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
=Euchrysia hyalinipennis
=Euchrysia similis Girault 1917
=Amotura hyalinipennis
Explanation of Names
Chalcedectus hyalinipennis (Ashmead 1896)
Range
so. US (NC-MO-CA to FL-TX-AZ)(1)
Food
Primary hosts: wood-boring beetles (Buprestidae, Cerambycidae, Scolytinae)(1)