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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Aphelinidae » Aphelininae » Aphytis
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Aphelinidae? - Aphytis
Copyright © 2011 John Schneider

Aphelinidae? - Aphytis
Russ Pitman Park, Bellaire, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
July 23, 2011
Size: < 1 mm
at UV light. Here is a wasp that was found nearby the previous month:

Edit: First BG image for this genus.
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Contributed by John Schneider on 24 July, 2011 - 12:22pm
Last updated 22 May, 2017 - 8:13am

Moved
Moved from Eretmocerus.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 March, 2014 - 8:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphelinidae.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 January, 2013 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Charley, I see that you m
Charley,

I see that you moved this image to Eretmocerus shortly after Zachary Lahey suggested it be moved to Aphytis. I know not at all which is the correct genus, but since the move seems to conflict with the ID, I just wanted to confirm whether you made the move you meant to make, and if so, what the basis is for calling it Eretmocerus rather than Aphytis (so that I can hope to learn to ID them to genus on my own).

Thanks for your time.

John
… John Schneider, 28 March, 2014 - 3:16am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for noticing that
The only possible explanation is that Zachary edited his comment after I moved your photo. There's no way I would have accidentally moved the photo to a genus in one subfamily rather than creating a new guide page in another. His comment says "I think this needs to be changed to Aphytis," suggesting an incorrect genus placement, and you can see that I moved it from family level. Zachary, please note that no one gets an email update when you edit your comments--better to add a new one to avoid confusion, and to make sure everyone is aware of the new comment.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 March, 2014 - 8:38am login or register to post comments

Yes
I think this needs to be changed to Aphytis. If I'm seeing the antenna correctly it appears segmented towards the end splitting part of the funicle into two large segments.
… Zachary Lahey, 28 January, 2013 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Charley Eiseman, 17 August, 2011 - 9:01pm login or register to post comments

Yes, Aphelinidae
Yes, Aphelinidae
… Victor Kolyada, 17 August, 2011 - 8:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 7 August, 2011 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

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