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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Platygastroidea » Platygastridae » Platygastrinae » Trichacis
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Parasitic Wasp - Trichacis
Copyright © 2010 Karl Hillig

Parasitic Wasp - Trichacis
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
October 3, 2009
Size: ~ 2 mm
In wooded area. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 24 January, 2010 - 2:37pm
Last updated 1 January, 2011 - 1:16pm

O.A. Popovici: "Seems to be a Trichacis...
"...based on the tuft of fine erect hairs at the top of the scutellum."

Moved from Platygastridae.
… v belov, 1 January, 2011 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Diapriidae.
… Karl Hillig, 29 June, 2010 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from parasitic Apocrita.
… Karl Hillig, 5 April, 2010 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

Diapriidae...
Fits the description for this wasp including elbowed antennae, a black shiny appearance, a petiolate abdomen, a long pronotum, reduced wing venation, and a low insertion point for the antennae. Not uncommon in wooded areas. They are all fly pupal parasitoids.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 5 April, 2010 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Ross
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… Karl Hillig, 5 April, 2010 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

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