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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Cryptinae » Cryptini » Agrothereutina » Agrothereutes » Agrothereutes abbreviatus » Agrothereutes abbreviatus iridescens
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Agrothereutes abbreviator, brachypterous wasp - Agrothereutes abbreviatus - female
Copyright © 2009 MJ Hatfield

Agrothereutes abbreviator, brachypterous wasp - Agrothereutes abbreviatus - Female
Plymouth Rock, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
September 1, 2008
Size: 6+ mm
Pit fall in faux prairie, 8/24/08 to 9/15/08. (It's still floating in alcohol.)

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Agrothereutes abbreviator, brachypterous wasp - Agrothereutes abbreviatus - female Agrothereutes abbreviator, brachypterous wasp - Agrothereutes abbreviatus - female
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 15 February, 2009 - 12:37pm
Last updated 4 January, 2011 - 3:05pm

Moved
Moved from Agrothereutes abbreviatus.
… Bob Carlson, 4 January, 2011 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cryptinae.
… Bob Carlson, 4 October, 2009 - 4:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
To Genus species even; way cool. I think you've just ID'd all the short winged/wingless wasps I've posted. A few years ago I wasn't even aware that some wasps don't have wings. Insects continue to amaze me. Thank you for your expertise.
… MJ Hatfield, 5 October, 2009 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… MJ Hatfield, 15 February, 2009 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Ichneumon Wasp (subfamily Gelinae) - female
A bold color pattern often encountered in fully winged of the subfamily (sometimes called Cryptinae) too.
… Richard Vernier, 15 February, 2009 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

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