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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eulophidae » Eulophinae » Cirrospilini » Aulogymnus
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Eulophid wasp - Aulogymnus
Copyright © 2019 Brian Stewart

Eulophid wasp - Aulogymnus
Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA
May 2, 2019
Size: 3 mm
I am including multiple views of this animal, in the hope that it can be identified to genus. The third and fourth images reveal the the smoky patches on the wings.

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Contributed by Brian Stewart on 2 May, 2019 - 8:24pm
Last updated 6 May, 2019 - 10:13am

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 6 May, 2019 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 4 May, 2019 - 12:16am login or register to post comments

I can't provide a definitive determination, but ...
... it looks like it has 2 pairs of long setae on the scutellum, and taken with the insect's general gestalt, I'd say that more than likely this is a member of the Eulophinae, of which only a handful of genera have only 2 funicle segments. Unfortunately the wing venation is not clear, but it seems that the stigmal vein is quite long, with the uncus possibly separated from the apex. If this is so, then the genus is likely Aulogymnus.

But when it comes to micro-hymenops like eulophids, reliable IDs often require having the specimen in hand.
… Bob Zuparko, 3 May, 2019 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much, Bob,
for your detailed comment. After working through a couple of online keys (and a crash course in anatomy), I can now also see Aulogymnus as a likely possibility. I have posted a wing closeup in case the uncus separation is clearer to an expert. Unfortunately, I am working pretty close to the diffraction limit with the optics I have, not to mention the limit of what is possible handheld, with natural light, and a live specimen!

Brian
… Brian Stewart, 4 May, 2019 - 9:44am login or register to post comments

 
Yes, ...
... based on your latest image I'd say this is an Aulogymnus, and I'll be moving these images to that page.
… Bob Zuparko, 6 May, 2019 - 10:13am login or register to post comments

 
Aulogymnus io?
Aulogymnus io?
… John F. Carr, 8 May, 2020 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for your edifying comments!
… Brian Stewart, 6 May, 2019 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

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