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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Encyrtid Wasps (Encyrtidae) » Encyrtinae » Prochiloneurus
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Parasitoid of Muhly Grass Mealy Bug - Prochiloneurus
Copyright © 2019 Buford Merle Shepard

Parasitoid of Muhly Grass Mealy Bug - Prochiloneurus
Spring Island/ Okatie, Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA
July 15, 2019
Size: 3mm
This tiny parasitoid emerged from a pupa collected from Muhly Grass (also called sweetgrass) which was infested with mealy bugs, Stemmatomerinx acircula.
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Contributed by Buford Merle Shepard on 23 July, 2019 - 10:44am
Last updated 26 December, 2020 - 7:50pm

Moved
Moved from Encyrtid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 26 December, 2020 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

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… Bob Zuparko, 25 July, 2019 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

This is a member ...
... of the family Encyrtidae. Many species of encyrtids are parasitoids of mealybugs, but then there are some that act as hyperparasitoids as well. The image is not clear enough for me to tell for certain, but it is reminiscent of the genus Prochiloneurus.
… Bob Zuparko, 25 July, 2019 - 9:47am login or register to post comments

 
After rexamination ...
... I think this is Prochiloneurus.
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