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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Pteromalid Wasps (Pteromalidae) » Pteromalinae » Pteromalini » Lyrcus
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Pteromalidae, ex Cecidomyiinae on Bastard Toadflax - Lyrcus
Copyright © 2020 MJ Hatfield

Pteromalidae, ex Cecidomyiinae on Bastard Toadflax - Lyrcus
Heritage Valley, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
June 18, 2018
Size: 2+ mm
June 8, 2018: collected apical stem gall of Bastard Toadflax, Comandra umbellata
June 9, 2018: opened gall by peeling off the individual leaves to find 7 dead orange fly larvae, 2 wasp larvae (different sizes), 2 wasp pupae & an orange mite

June 16, 2018: 2 wasps
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 27 February, 2020 - 8:44pm
Last updated 30 March, 2020 - 5:49pm

Moved
Moved from Pteromalids.
… MJ Hatfield, 30 March, 2020 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

Lyrcus sp.
Lyrcus sp.
… Jeong Yoo, 30 March, 2020 - 4:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you.
For the determination label, is Jeong your preference?
Do you know what this parasitizes? Gall flies?
… MJ Hatfield, 30 March, 2020 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Jeong Yoo please. And yes,
Jeong Yoo please.

And yes, one of the known hosts are Cecidomyiidae.
… Jeong Yoo, 30 March, 2020 - 6:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… MJ Hatfield, 27 February, 2020 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Pteromalid…
Hosts include gall midges and other gall-formers like cynipids.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 27 February, 2020 - 9:27pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry,
I missed this. Or forgot. I do appreciate your help and expertise.
… MJ Hatfield, 30 March, 2020 - 9:15pm login or register to post comments

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