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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eupelmidae
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Encyrtid Wasps
Copyright © 2020 Mary Curry

Encyrtid Wasps
Decatur, Wise County, Texas, USA
September 6, 2020
Size: 2-3mm
This is what hatched from these eggs found on Eastern Red Cedar. I think the eggs are stink bug eggs because of the barrel shape and the little hairs that stick up by the lid. These guys are what emerged about 17-20 days later. Can anyone get it to species? Thank you so much.

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Contributed by Mary Curry on 24 October, 2020 - 6:51am
Last updated 25 October, 2020 - 10:49am

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Bob Zuparko, 25 October, 2020 - 10:49am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thanks Ken, Bob, and Steve! Your input is very educational. So much to learn. Thanks again!
… Mary Curry, 26 October, 2020 - 9:58am login or register to post comments

not encyrtids?
my understanding is that the coxae of the middle legs should insert "at or anterior to midline of [the] mesopleuron" in encyrtids (1). It looks like they insert well posterior to that in your second photo. eupelmids?
… Steve Scholnick, 24 October, 2020 - 3:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, this is a euplemid.
The wing venation (with the long marginal vein) is typically an easier way to distinguish eupelmids from encyrtids than the placement of the mid coxa (although a very few genera of encyrtids have long marginal veins).
… Bob Zuparko, 25 October, 2020 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from Chalcidoid Wasps.

Sorry for the double move. Meant to drop these here.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 October, 2020 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 24 October, 2020 - 8:00am login or register to post comments

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