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Species Orussus minutus

Representative Images

Parasitic Wood Wasp? - Orussus minutus Parasitic Wood Wasp? - Orussus minutus Unknown Hymenoptera - Orussus minutus Orussus minutus - male Parasitic Wood Wasp - Orussus minutus Orussidae, Parasitic Wood Wasp, lateral - Orussus minutus Orussus minutus - male Orussus minutus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)
Family Orussidae (Parasitic Wood Wasps)
Genus Orussus
Species minutus (Orussus minutus)

Explanation of Names

Orussus minutus Middlekauff 1983

Range

e. NA (NY-GA to MB-IA-AR)(1)(2)

Works Cited

1.Discovery of new species confirms Oriental origin of Orussus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Orussidae)
Vilhelmsen L., Blank S.M., Liu Z., Smith D.R. 2014. Insect syst. evol. 45: 51–91.
2.New records of Orussus minutus Middlekauff, 1983 (Hymenoptera: Orussidae) represent a significant western range expansion
Skvarla, M.J., Tripodi, A., Szalanski, A., Dowling, A. 2015. Biodiversity Data Journal.
Contributed by v belov on 9 August, 2009 - 8:29pm
Last updated 1 September, 2015 - 3:32pm

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