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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) » Pteromalinae
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Chalcid parasitoid from cynipid gall - male
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Chalcid parasitoid from cynipid gall - Male
Mt. Holyoke Range, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Size: 2.1 mm
Emerged on 5/7/2011 from the smallest gall in this photo:
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 May, 2011 - 11:20am
Last updated 3 May, 2018 - 8:17pm

Moved
Moved from Pteromalids.

Det. Roger Burks. When I asked what views would help to get it to genus, he replied: "Here it is tough, because Cecidostiba looks much like Pteromalus. I'd prefer to see a female specimen too in these same views (this one is male) and a flat close-up of the fore wing and face."
… Charley Eiseman, 3 May, 2018 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Charley Eiseman, 8 May, 2011 - 12:08pm login or register to post comments

Pteromalid…
Antennae, wing venation, coloration, and finely sculptured thorax indicate this family. Gall midges and gall wasps are frequent menu items.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 8 May, 2011 - 11:42am login or register to post comments

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