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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 » Ooencyrtus
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Encyrtidae, ex Pentatomidae - Ooencyrtus
Copyright © 2019 MJ Hatfield

Encyrtidae, ex Pentatomidae - Ooencyrtus
Indiangrass Hills, Iowa County, Iowa, USA
August 22, 2019
Size: 1- mm
August 22, 2019: on/before, 4 wasps emerged

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Pentatomidae eggs on Rattlesnake Master Pentatomidae eggs on Rattlesnake Master Pentatomidae eggs on Rattlesnake Master - Ooencyrtus Encyrtidae, ex Pentatomidae - Ooencyrtus Encyrtidae, top left of 3 - Ooencyrtus Encyrtidae, top right of 3 - Ooencyrtus Encyrtidae, bottom of 3 - Ooencyrtus
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 29 December, 2019 - 5:06pm
Last updated 20 April, 2020 - 11:11am

Moved
Moved from Encyrtids.
… Bob Zuparko, 20 April, 2020 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Telenomus.
… MJ Hatfield, 12 April, 2020 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

These are Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae
Likely Ooencyrtus, based on the mesopleuron touching the base of metasoma. sp. Many Ooencyrtus sp. parsitize Pentatomidae eggs.
… Jeong Yoo, 12 April, 2020 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Jeong.
Are you comfortable with me moving them to Ooencyrtus or should I leave them here?
… MJ Hatfield, 12 April, 2020 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

 
For now, it would be best to
For now, it would be best to leave it as Encyrtidae.
… Jeong Yoo, 13 April, 2020 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

 
I believe it is safe ...
... to call these members of Ooencyrtus.
… Bob Zuparko, 20 April, 2020 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

 
.
Thank you.
… MJ Hatfield, 13 April, 2020 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

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