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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Agathidinae » Agathidini » Agathis » Agathis malvacearum
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Long-tailed wasp - Agathis malvacearum - female
Copyright © 2010 John F. Carr

Long-tailed wasp - Agathis malvacearum - Female
Newton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 28, 2010
Size: 5.4 mm
Apparently ovipositing in burdock (Asteraceae: Arctium minus). Ovipositor is almost exactly as long as body.

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Contributed by John F. Carr on 28 July, 2010 - 7:25pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Bob Carlson, 28 July, 2010 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Introduced species?
Is this a European wasp species laying eggs on a European moth that came to America along with the European plant the wasp is on?
… John F. Carr, 28 July, 2010 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Sharkey 2004 said both the host moth and the parasite are natives of Europe. The name isn't represented in the 1979 catalog, as Muesebeck had described it as a new Nearctic species in 1967, giving it the name metzneriae. There is no indication in the catalog that he thought the species to be invasive. Sharkey suppressed metzneriae as a synonym of malvacearum.
… Bob Carlson, 28 July, 2010 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

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