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Species Anastatus semiflavidus

Wasp ID - Anastatus semiflavidus - female Wasp ID - Anastatus semiflavidus - female Wasp ID - Anastatus semiflavidus - female Chalcid wasp - Anastatus semiflavidus - female Chalcid wasp - Anastatus semiflavidus - female Chalcid wasp - Anastatus semiflavidus - female Anastatus semiflavidus? - Anastatus semiflavidus - female Anastatus semiflavidus ex. Stagmomantis ootheca - Anastatus semiflavidus - female
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon ("Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps)
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (Chalcidoid Wasps)
Family Eupelmidae
Subfamily Eupelminae
Genus Anastatus
Species semiflavidus (Anastatus semiflavidus)
Explanation of Names
Author: Gahan
Remarks
Reported as an egg parasitoid of coreid and pentatomid bugs as well as saturniid moths. [comment by Gary Gibson]
Also parasitizes mantid egg cases. [comment by Ross Hill]