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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) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Doryctinae » Spathius
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Pretty Wings - Spathius - female
Copyright © 2009 Ashley Bradford

Pretty Wings - Spathius - Female
Turkey Run Park, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 6, 2009
Spotted on a leaf in the woods.

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Contributed by Ashley Bradford on 7 August, 2009 - 1:20pm
Last updated 6 October, 2009 - 1:48pm

appears to be in the genus Spathius
Kenneth R. Ahlstrom det.

Moved from Braconid Wasps.
… v belov, 6 October, 2009 - 1:48pm login or register to post comments

Doryctinae - Spathius…
Extended ovipositor, fore-tibial spines, color and wing pattern, and a petiolate abdomen ID this female. I would leave at the genus level for now. Nice catch Ash.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 12 August, 2009 - 11:56am login or register to post comments

 
from Dr. Scott R. Shaw:
"difficult, partly because the wings are folded, and partly because some parts are not clear. It looks very much like a doryctine braconid (subfamily Doryctinae), possibly a species of Spathius or Dendrosoter. Paul Marsh is the expert on these."
… v belov, 5 October, 2009 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks to you both
Should I leave it where it is, then?
… Ashley Bradford, 5 October, 2009 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ashley Bradford, 7 August, 2009 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

beautiful fem.braconid -- no idea beyond that
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… v belov, 7 August, 2009 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

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