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Photo#479132
Copyright © 2010
Charley Eiseman
Chalcidoid -
Monodontomerus
-
Greece, New York, USA
May 26, 2010
This was fairly large for a chalcidoid.
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Contributed by
Charley Eiseman
on 14 December, 2010 - 2:27pm
Last updated 15 December, 2010 - 10:51am
Moved
Moved from
parasitic Apocrita
.
…
Bob Carlson
, 15 December, 2010 - 10:51am
Probably Monodontomerus
A torymid authority informs me that this is almost certainly
Monodontomerus
, but that absolute certainty requires a better view of the lateral aspect of the hind femur, which bears a tooth apicoventrally in
Monodontomerus
.
…
Bob Carlson
, 14 December, 2010 - 5:12pm
The added image
is the best I have. There's certainly some kind of projection there; I suppose it could be called a tooth.
…
Charley Eiseman
, 14 December, 2010 - 10:56pm