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Cephalonomia sp. - Cephalonomia - female
Copyright © 2007 Dennis Haines

Cephalonomia sp. - Cephalonomia - Female
Ivanhoe, Tulare County, California, USA
March 23, 1984
Size: 1.5 mm.
These tiny bethylids are parasitoids of some insect that infests old cynipid galls on Valley Oaks. I suspect they're utilizing the anobiids that feed on the starchy insides of the large galls.

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Contributed by Dennis Haines on 27 December, 2007 - 9:56pm

Moved
Moved from Bethylidae.
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