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Eulophidae - female
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Eulophidae - Female
Red Oak Prairie, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
September 18, 2020
Size: 1 mm
August 25, 2020: collected mines on leaves of Round-headed bush clover, Lespedeza capitata, in a hill prairie remnant
September 18, 2020: 3 parasitoid wasps
If I said Eulophidae, I'd be guessing.

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Eulophidae - female Eulophidae, ex Pachyschelus laevigatus Eulophidae, ex Pachyschelus laevigatus, ventral - female Eulophidae, ex Pachyschelus laevigatus, dorsal - female
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 29 January, 2022 - 6:55pm
Last updated 20 February, 2022 - 11:03am

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps.
… MJ Hatfield, 30 January, 2022 - 6:03am login or register to post comments

Yes - Eulophid…
Looks like a male. If you can provide a dorsal view of some of these wasps, we may be able to take this further.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 29 January, 2022 - 7:06pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you Ross,
Posted a dorsal photo of another individual in the batch.
… MJ Hatfield, 30 January, 2022 - 6:04am login or register to post comments

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