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Female proctotrupid? - Exallonyx
Copyright © 2020 Ken Schneider

Female proctotrupid? - Exallonyx
Presidio, Rob Hill, San Francisco County, California, USA
May 20, 2020
Size: 2.5 mm
Found as by-catch in a BG-1 Sentinel mosquito trap by C. Conforti and collected.

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 13 December, 2020 - 1:16pm
Last updated 8 January, 2021 - 4:43pm

Moved
Moved from Proctotrupidae.
… Ken Schneider, 8 January, 2021 - 4:43pm

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitoid Apocrita).
… Bob Zuparko, 14 December, 2020 - 12:02pm

Absolutely a procto.
The wing venation is definitive, while the shape of the metasoma (in lateral view) is also typical.
… Bob Zuparko, 14 December, 2020 - 12:02pm

 
Thanks -
Bob!!
… Ken Schneider, 14 December, 2020 - 7:41pm

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