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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Torymidae
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Wasp from disc gall on oak - female
Copyright © 2010 Peter Bryant

Wasp from disc gall on oak - Female
Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
Size: 1.2mm

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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 1 March, 2010 - 11:58pm
Last updated 29 March, 2010 - 11:44am

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps to Torymidae (since Richard identified them to family).
… Joyce Gross, 29 March, 2010 - 11:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Torymidae.
… Peter Bryant, 26 March, 2010 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Peter Bryant, 2 March, 2010 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

nice!
Glad you reared some wasps! But I think this is a parasitoid -- the veins on the wings don't match those of cynipids, and the greenish shine, shape of the thorax, and long ovipositor are typical of a parasitoid. Someone else will know what family this is.

I seem to get parasitoids from galls at least as frequently as I get the wasps that created the galls.....
… Joyce Gross, 2 March, 2010 - 1:47am login or register to post comments

 
Right - Torymid Wasp (Torymidae)
Example of a species with a relatively short ovipositor. Most Torymidae are indeed parasitoid of Gall Wasps.
… Richard Vernier, 2 March, 2010 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks!
… Peter Bryant, 2 March, 2010 - 9:41am login or register to post comments

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