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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Pteromalid Wasps (Pteromalidae)
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tiny wasp?
Copyright © 2009 Kim Fleming

tiny wasp?
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
July 27, 2009
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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 27 July, 2009 - 7:55pm
Last updated 1 March, 2018 - 4:44pm

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Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 1 March, 2018 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 18 December, 2009 - 11:19pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request. Great image! I'm sure you'll get some kind of ID with this nice pic. Pteromalidae may be right, although most of the chalcidoid families have reduced wing venation.
… Ken Schneider, 25 August, 2009 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

pteromalidae
is the only family i know of with such reduced wing venation. i could be wrong though. wait for an expert to confirm.
… jbremer, 29 July, 2009 - 2:26pm login or register to post comments

 
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... Chalcidoidea have reduced wing venation, and a few families have less than the Pteromalidae. That said, this one IS a pteromalid.
… Bob Zuparko, 1 March, 2018 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

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