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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Cuckoo Wasps & allies (Chrysidoidea) » Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae) » Chrysidinae » Parnopini » Parnopes » Parnopes edwardsii
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Cuckoo Wasp - Parnopes edwardsii - female
Copyright © 2010 Jim Moore

Cuckoo Wasp - Parnopes edwardsii - Female
Old Mill site in Westwood, Lassen County, California, USA
September 14, 2010
Size: Body length 12mm
Any further ID help with this pretty little Cuckoo Wasp is greatly appreciated - Thanks!

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Contributed by Jim Moore on 4 October, 2010 - 1:22pm
Last updated 6 December, 2014 - 12:48am

Moved
Moved from Chrysidinae.
Huge tegulae and prolonged tongue are typical for the genus Parnopes. Since the metanotal projection is entire, posterolateral angles of terga are green and it was found in California it must be Parnopes edwardsii (female).
… Villu Soon, 5 October, 2010 - 12:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thank you Villu for your very interesting comments and ID of this specimen.
… Jim Moore, 6 October, 2010 - 12:47am login or register to post comments

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