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Strange Wasp - Licrooides umbilicatus - female
Copyright © 2011 Jon Hart

Strange Wasp - Licrooides umbilicatus - Female
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
May 8, 2011
Size: well under 5 mm BL
All these new (to me, anyway) wasps are beginning to get up my nose. Here is still another tiny example I can't categorize at all. At first sight, I thought I was looking at a different kind of cockroach wasp, but, looking at the pics on the monitor, it became quite clear it wasn't. The face is fascinating.

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Contributed by Jon Hart on 15 May, 2011 - 10:06am
Last updated 15 May, 2011 - 1:44pm

Jon, mind checking the gal box in all five?
and thanks a lot for posting this beauty, which also adds a genus to BG.

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 15 May, 2011 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

strange wasp
This is a female of Licrooides umbilicatus Gibson (Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae: Calosotinae). The species name is for the "umbilicate" or "thimble-like" punctures on the face, which have flattened (spatulate) white setae. The male has a branch (ramus) projecting from each flagellar segment so that the antennae appear somewhat "antler-like". Because of this males are easily differentiated from females.
… Gary Gibson, 15 May, 2011 - 12:07pm login or register to post comments

 
awesome.
you sure describe nice things, Dr Gibson...
… v belov, 15 May, 2011 - 12:15pm login or register to post comments

looks awesome
i find the mesonotal platform even more fascinating -- imagine it loaded with heavy luggage...
… v belov, 15 May, 2011 - 11:50am login or register to post comments

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