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Tetracneminae
Photo#508696
Copyright © 2011
Jon Hart
Fly Or Wasp?
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
April 21, 2011
Size: about 3 mm
Images of this individual:
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Contributed by
Jon Hart
on 24 April, 2011 - 3:50pm
Last updated 4 March, 2018 - 5:51pm
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Encyrtids
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Bob Zuparko
, 4 March, 2018 - 5:51pm
This belongs to the subfamily ...
... Tetracneminae, but I can't tell you which genus (but Anagyrus is by far the most common).
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Bob Zuparko
, 4 March, 2018 - 5:50pm
Moved
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"Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita)
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Jon Hart
, 24 April, 2011 - 7:55pm
Encyrtid confirmed…
These views show most of the major features of this group including an enlarged mesopleura, a compact, flattened body, large eyes, a convex mesonotum, and thickened mid-tibial spur.
See reference
here.
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Ross Hill
, 24 April, 2011 - 7:28pm
Thanks, Ross.....
I looked at that reference earlier and found only one other in Images (from California) that looked similar as seen here:
I still think they're a strange bunch in that family.:-)
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Jon Hart
, 24 April, 2011 - 7:54pm
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Jon Hart
, 24 April, 2011 - 5:32pm
I can't wait to see how this turns out!
What wonders there are in the macro (or is it micro?)world!
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Diane Young
, 24 April, 2011 - 4:38pm