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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Proctotrupoidea » Proctotrupidae » Tretoserphus
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small wasp in gills of a mushroom - Tretoserphus - female
Copyright © 2011 tom murray

small wasp in gills of a mushroom - Tretoserphus - Female
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
October 9, 2011
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Contributed by tom murray on 9 October, 2011 - 10:38pm
Last updated 3 November, 2014 - 10:40pm

Moved
Moved from Cryptoserphus.
… Brad Barnd, 3 November, 2014 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

correction - Tretoserphus sp.
correction - Tretoserphus sp.
… Victor Kolyada, 3 November, 2014 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Proctotrupidae.
Thanks Victor. It's a new genus for the guide!
… tom murray, 13 October, 2011 - 4:29pm login or register to post comments

Cryptoserphus sp. female
Cryptoserphus sp. female
… Victor Kolyada, 13 October, 2011 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
Thanks Ross. This was a small one in the 3mm range.
… tom murray, 10 October, 2011 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

Proctotrupid…
Makes sense since some species have been reared from the larvae of fungus gnats which also like mushrooms. Was this one also about 5mm in length?

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 9 October, 2011 - 11:32pm login or register to post comments

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