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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Pteromalid Wasps (Pteromalidae)
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Diastrophus kincaidii?
Copyright © 2011 Dave Ingram

Diastrophus kincaidii?
Merville, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
March 29, 2011
Size: Very small
This small wasp was found on old galls of thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) - I'm wondering if it is Diastrophus kincaidii since one of my field guides identifies the gall of this wasp as being associated with thimbleberry.

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Diastrophus kincaidii? Diastrophus kincaidii? Diastrophus kincaidii?
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Contributed by Dave Ingram on 3 April, 2011 - 11:52pm
Last updated 17 August, 2011 - 9:02pm

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Charley Eiseman, 17 August, 2011 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

Pteromalidae
Pteromalidae
… Victor Kolyada, 17 August, 2011 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 6 April, 2011 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

Pteromalid likely…
This is a chalcid wasp, many families of which emerge from galls instead of the original inhabitants such as gall wasps which they often parasitize. I suggest pteromalid in this case due to some features that can be seen here like the long antennae, an armoured and sculptured thorax, and a pronotum that is narrower than the mesonotum.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 4 April, 2011 - 12:37am login or register to post comments

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