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Genus Ropronia

Roproniidae - Ropronia garmani - Ropronia garmani - female Roproniidae, individual variations  - Ropronia garmani Roproniidae, individual #1, lateral - Ropronia garmani Roproniidae, individual #1, head - Ropronia garmani Ropronia? - Ropronia garmani Ropronia? - Ropronia small wasp with bulbous red abdomen - Ropronia small wasp with bulbous red abdomen - Ropronia
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 Proctotrupoidea
Family Roproniidae
Genus Ropronia
Explanation of Names
Ropronia Provancher, 1887
Numbers
3 NA species(1):
Ropronia californica - CA and OR
Ropronia pediculata - NY to MN
Ropronia garmani - Eastern NA
Identification
A key to species can be found in Townes 1949(1).
Food
Possibly parasitoids of sawfly larvae.
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