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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Fairy Wasps (Mymaridae) » Polynema
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Mymaridae - Polynema - female
Copyright © 2011 MJ Hatfield

Mymaridae - Polynema - Female
Mt. Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, USA
July 5, 2006
Size: 1 mm
Sweep net of pasture/grassland for the ISU/Iowa DNR Patch, Burn, Graze project.
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 18 February, 2011 - 10:35pm
Last updated 7 March, 2014 - 3:38pm

Mymaridae-Polynema
A female of Polynema sp.
I want to examine this specimen.
… Emilian Pricop , 4 April, 2011 - 4:31am login or register to post comments

 
This was part
of the PBG project http://www.nrem.iastate.edu/research/patchburn/index.html
at Iowa State. I will ask if it is possible to send you the specimen.
… MJ Hatfield, 4 April, 2011 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Mymaridae.
… v belov, 2 April, 2011 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Mymaridae
Yes
This is a Polynema sp. belonging to Fam. Mymaridae,
very nice
… Emilian Pricop , 2 April, 2011 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much.
for your expertise.
… MJ Hatfield, 2 April, 2011 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
sweet... thanks a lot for the IDs, Emilian!
**
… v belov, 2 April, 2011 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies. Nice picture too.
… Brad Barnd, 19 February, 2011 - 12:19am login or register to post comments

fam. Mymaridae, (Chalcidoidea
fam. Mymaridae, (Chalcidoidea)
… Victor Kolyada, 18 February, 2011 - 11:40pm login or register to post comments

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