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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Ceraphronid and Megaspilid Wasps (Ceraphronoidea) » Ceraphronidae » Aphanogmus
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Tiny wasp with banded wings - Aphanogmus
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Tiny wasp with banded wings - Aphanogmus
Butter Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 4, 2011
Size: 1.5 mm

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Tiny wasp with banded wings - Aphanogmus Tiny wasp with banded wings - Aphanogmus
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 December, 2011 - 12:18pm
Last updated 2 January, 2012 - 10:46pm

Moved
Moved from Fairyflies.
My first ceraphronid... I wish I had gotten better photos, but I had only taken several shots at 1x before it flew away.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 January, 2012 - 10:46pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
Great, thanks!
… Charley Eiseman, 2 January, 2012 - 8:21pm login or register to post comments

Question…
Charley, can you estimate the body length and/or provide any other angles?
… Ross Hill, 2 January, 2012 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

 
1.5 mm
It was about 1.5 mm. Unfortunately the other shots all are the same angle and out of focus, except the one shot I've just added, which shows a little more detail of the thorax and wings.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 January, 2012 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

 
That helps…
In your second image, you can see the prepectus, which appears in chalcids, but not in scelionids. This helps a great deal because the antennal insertion point (which helps separate these two groups) is difficult to see in these images. Being a chalcid, this would likely be a mymarid due to the tiny size, long antennae, and wings with a marginal fringe. You can also see the spatulate hind wing a little more clearly. Additionally, there are examples mentioned in the literature of mymarids with infuscated wings. That one other angle made the difference here I think.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 2 January, 2012 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Aphanogmus sp. Ceraphronidae
Aphanogmus sp. Ceraphronidae
… Victor Kolyada, 2 January, 2012 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

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