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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Ceraphronid and Megaspilid Wasps (Ceraphronoidea) » Megaspilidae » Megaspilinae » Conostigmus
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Hymenopteran - Conostigmus
Copyright © 2010 Jeff Gruber & UW-Madison Dept. of Entomology

Hymenopteran - Conostigmus
Spring Green Preserve SNA, Sauk County, Wisconsin, USA
November 9, 2010
Size: ~2mm
Collected from wall of erosion 'channel' in sandy path in high quality sand prairie.

All pics taken with automontage system. Actual montaging done with CombineZP.

Ceraphronidae?

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Contributed by Jeff Gruber on 22 November, 2010 - 8:33pm
Last updated 8 March, 2012 - 2:28pm

Conostigmus sp. --det. István Mikó
[no idea how did it get moved twice. =v=]
… v belov, 8 March, 2012 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Megaspilidae.
… v belov, 8 March, 2012 - 2:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from parasitic Apocrita.
… Jeff Gruber, 23 November, 2010 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Yes...
Fits the description beautifully - you can even see the double-segmented trochanters which we rarely get to see. Excellent set of detailed photos, Jeff.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 23 November, 2010 - 12:29am login or register to post comments

 
?
Ceraphronidae or Megaspilidae? Comment on dorsal image says latter.

Thanks much for your compliment and your help.
… Jeff Gruber, 23 November, 2010 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

 
Megaspilid is right!
I'm so used to seeing winged versions of megaspilids that I missed some of their other obvious features such as the three grooves in the mesoscutum (ceraphronids usually have only one), and a more constricted waist than ceraphronids. I will echo Hans' ID.
… Ross Hill, 23 November, 2010 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks again Ross.
… Jeff Gruber, 23 November, 2010 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

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