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Chalcidoid - Monodontomerus - female
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Chalcidoid - Monodontomerus - Female
Greece, New York, USA
May 26, 2010
This was fairly large for a chalcidoid.

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Chalcidoid - Monodontomerus - female Chalcidoid - Monodontomerus - female
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

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