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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea)
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small parasitoid wasp
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small parasitoid wasp
Kendallville WMA, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 9, 2021
This wasp is probably a Chalcidoid wasp but I'm not positive.

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Contributed by Larry Reis on 5 April, 2022 - 7:59am
Last updated 5 April, 2022 - 9:14am

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 5 April, 2022 - 9:14am login or register to post comments

You are absolutely ...
... correct. But getting it to family is a wee bit tricky for me on this one. At first glance I thought it was a pteromalid, but the shape of the pronotum and wing venation looks more like a eurytomid. So I'll just assign it to the Chalcidoidea for the time being.
… Bob Zuparko, 5 April, 2022 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

 
Chalcidoidea
Thanks for taking a look at this parasitoid wasp, Bob. I had thought it might be a pteromalid wasp too, but didn't see any examples there that looked promising.
… Larry Reis, 5 April, 2022 - 11:53am login or register to post comments

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