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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Torymidae » Monodontomerinae » Monodontomerus
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Small Wasp - Monodontomerus - female
Copyright © 2011 Jim Moore

Small Wasp - Monodontomerus - Female
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
July 5, 2011
Size: Body length 4mm
My thanks for any further ID placement!

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Small Wasp - Monodontomerus - female Small Wasp - Monodontomerus - female Small Wasp - Monodontomerus - female
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Contributed by Jim Moore on 10 December, 2011 - 1:22pm
Last updated 16 November, 2012 - 2:49am

Moved
Per a friend who is an authority on the group.

Moved from Torymidae.
… Bob Carlson, 10 December, 2011 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 December, 2011 - 2:54pm login or register to post comments

Torymid confirmed…
The well-formed parapsidal sutures, swollen hind coxae, and extruded ovipositor indicates a female torymid.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 10 December, 2011 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

There are some similar critters in Torymidae.

However, that's just a guess on my part. The experts will be able to say for sure.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 December, 2011 - 1:32pm login or register to post comments

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