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Eulophidae - Melittobia - male

Eulophidae - Melittobia - Male
St. Anthony, Marshall County, Iowa, USA
Size: 1.5 mm
Larger wasp (Isodontia sp.) pupae in cocoons collected from a window sill (24-Oct-2009) by Linda Kurtz yielded these (8-Jul-2010): long dead with hairy abdomen, short wings and distinctive antennae.

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Eulophidae - Melittobia - male Eulophidae, size reference  - Melittobia window sill wasp pupae in cocoons - Isodontia

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Melittobia
A chalcid person told me this is Melittobia and pointed me to an Annual Review Article that includes a photo of the male.

 
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