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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Trigonaloidea » Trigonalidae » Taeniogonalos » Taeniogonalos gundlachii
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Unidentified Crabronidae...or potter wasp? - Taeniogonalos gundlachii
Copyright © 2008 Julie Craves

Unidentified Crabronidae...or potter wasp? - Taeniogonalos gundlachii
Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
July 10, 2008
Size: 4 mm
I first suspected this might be Ectemnius or somewhere in that neighborhood. The distinctive pattern on the thorax should help, but I don't see a match in the Guide. Any suggestions?
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Contributed by Julie Craves on 10 July, 2008 - 8:52pm
Last updated 15 July, 2008 - 4:16am

Moved to species gundlachii
Moved from Taeniogonalos to species gundlachii, since it seems the species ID seems to be certain
… Cotinis, 15 July, 2008 - 4:16am login or register to post comments

nice...
i was stunned by your wasp and followed the developments although had nothing to contribute myself... Keep working! thnx!
… v belov, 11 July, 2008 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

Trigonalidae
No, much more interesting: this is a member of the rare parasitic wasp family Trigonalidae. Excellent find!
… Matthias Buck, 11 July, 2008 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

 
Fantastic!
With only 3 distinct eastern species, does that then make this Taeniogonalos gundlachii?
… Julie Craves, 11 July, 2008 - 9:18am login or register to post comments

 
Yes indeed!
The only other two trigonalid species (Lycogaster pullata and Orthogonalys pullchella) look quite different; Lycogaster is almost completely black and Orthogonalys looks very much like an ichneumonid. Awesome find by the way! I've always wanted to see a live trigonalid!
… Adam Kesheimer, 11 July, 2008 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

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