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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Scelionidae » Telenominae » Telenomus
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Another tiny parasitic wasp - Telenomus
Copyright © 2008 Mark Fox

Another tiny parasitic wasp - Telenomus
Brazelier Island, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, USA
September 18, 2008
Size: 1.3mm
Another tiny wasp from the salt marsh. The black bars are 1mm apart.

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Another tiny parasitic wasp - Telenomus Another tiny parasitic wasp - Telenomus
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Contributed by Mark Fox on 12 November, 2008 - 2:01pm
Last updated 8 January, 2010 - 11:48am

Telenomus -- O.A. Popovici det.
Moved from Platygastridae.
… v belov, 8 January, 2010 - 11:49am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from parasitic Apocrita. Perhaps Matt Yoder or "Proctos" will see the images here and comment.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 October, 2009 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
Let us wait until we are sure of the family. It would be very interesting if it was Platygastridae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 31 July, 2009 - 7:53am login or register to post comments

Agree..
Not enough details here to commit. Can place among the Chalcidoidea for now.

See reference here:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13405
… Ross Hill, 2 December, 2008 - 6:59pm login or register to post comments

another tiny parasitic wasp
Hard to ID to family without a clearer picture of wing venation and number of tarsal segments. Appears to be a chalcidoid of some sort.
… Joe, 12 November, 2008 - 11:42pm login or register to post comments

 
I would say Platygastridae
The metasomal segmentation is the give away here. Not Chalcidoidea.
… Matt Buffington, 13 February, 2009 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

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