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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Fairy Wasps (Mymaridae) » Anagrus
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Tiny tiny parasitoid wasp. Maybe Mymaridae? - Anagrus - female
Copyright © 2008 Mark Fox

Tiny tiny parasitoid wasp. Maybe Mymaridae? - Anagrus - Female
Brazelier Island, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
April 8, 2008
Size: 1mm
I think this is probably a Mymarid or "Fairyfly" parasitoid of planthopper eggs. Collected from a brackish marsh.
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Contributed by Mark Fox on 3 August, 2008 - 6:41pm
Last updated 5 April, 2011 - 9:53am

Anagrus
Yes, a female of Anagrus sp. it is.
… Emilian Pricop , 2 April, 2011 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

The right hand picture (tiny,
The right hand picture (tiny, tiny yellowish wasp)is a species of Anagrus (Mymaridae). Most Anagrus spp. are egg parasitoids of Cicadellidae. A few are on Tingidae.
… John Huber, 25 August, 2008 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the confirmation. There are Cicadellids in my plots, but a huge predominance of Delphacid planthoppers. Sooner or later I'll have to work out all the details of who is parasitizing whom.
… Mark Fox, 26 August, 2008 - 1:03pm login or register to post comments

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