Tiny wasp (?) that emerged from Rhopalomyia californica gall - Anaphes

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Fairy Wasps (Mymaridae) » Anaphes

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Copyright © 2012 John Callender

Tiny wasp (?) that emerged from Rhopalomyia californica gall - Anaphes

Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Carpinteria, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
January 7, 2012
Size: 1 mm

Another in my ongoing series of shots associated with a Rhopalomyia californica gall that I brought home from the local salt marsh on December 26. See:

Yesterday two small braconid (I'm assuming) wasps emerged from the gall. Today a third braconid (which looked a lot like the first two, though it was slightly longer at ~3 mm) emerged, and while I was looking at it I noticed a couple of little specks in the ziploc. Those turned out to be small winged insects (even tinier wasps?) Unfortunately I'd managed to crush them both in the ziploc before noticing them.

This is one of the two. The second is visible at:

Mymaridae, maybe?

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Contributed by John Callender on 7 January, 2012 - 9:01pm
Last updated 1 July, 2012 - 10:13pm

Moved

Moved from Fairyflies.

… Charley Eiseman, 1 July, 2012 - 10:13pm

Anaphes sp. - female

Anaphes: Mymaridae

… Emilian Pricop , 30 June, 2012 - 7:11pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.
Were there unhatched (without associated leaf mines) fly eggs in the bag?

… Charley Eiseman, 24 January, 2012 - 10:57pm

Not sure

I didn't see any unhatched fly eggs, no. But I might have missed them.

… John Callender, 25 January, 2012 - 11:49am

Yes…

Fits the description for females including the tiny size, insertion point of the long antennae, wings with a long marginal fringe, and spatulate hind wings. They are all egg parasitoids.

See reference here.

… Ross Hill, 8 January, 2012 - 10:09am

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