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Very Small Wasp - female
Copyright © 2018 Efram Goldberg

Very Small Wasp - Female
Melbourne, Brevard County, Florida, USA
May 31, 2018
Size: 0.03" 0.75 mm
Small wasp that hitched a ride home on my eyeglasses during a bike ride. Measured it's size using a loupe.

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Contributed by Efram Goldberg on 28 November, 2018 - 3:18pm
Last updated 3 December, 2018 - 1:21pm

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 3 December, 2018 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 November, 2018 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

I'm pretty sure this is a member of the ...
.. family Eulophidae. It is very rare to find a member of this group with such a long ovipositor (although they are found in the genera Allocerastichus and Carlyeia).

Update 3 December: I no longer consider this a eulophid. Ross is probably correct calling this a pteromalid, specifically one of the subfamilies (Otitesellinae or Sycoryctinae) that were formerly placed in the Agaonidae (fig wasps). This may be the genus Heterandrium, but I cannot be sure of that.
… Bob Zuparko, 28 November, 2018 - 4:37pm login or register to post comments

Pteromalid…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 28 November, 2018 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

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