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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 Midge-induced Gall on White Sage
Copyright © 2010 Peter Bryant

Wasp from Midge-induced Gall on White Sage
Laguna Laurel trail, Laguna Beach, Orange County, California, USA
March 7, 2010
Size: 2.5 mm bl

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Contributed by Peter Bryant on 18 March, 2010 - 12:23pm
Last updated 7 May, 2014 - 9:49am

Moved
My torymid contact confirms the family and says it is most likely Torymus, although the useful characters cannot be seen.

Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 7 May, 2014 - 9:49am login or register to post comments

Torymidae I think
Based on form of antenna and wing venation
… Bob Zuparko, 5 May, 2012 - 4:55pm login or register to post comments

Torymidae…
The elongated metallic body, extended ovipositor, long segmented antennae, and forewings with setal tracts indicate a female torymid. They are all parasitoids of gall-forming cynipid wasp larvae.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 1 April, 2010 - 4:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Peter Bryant, 26 March, 2010 - 8:26am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Peter Bryant, 18 March, 2010 - 12:24pm login or register to post comments

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