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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Cynipoidea » Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) » Oak Gall Wasps (Cynipini) » Amphibolips » Larger Empty Oak Apple Wasp (Amphibolips quercusinanis)
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6008177 Small wasp - Amphibolips quercusinanis
Copyright © 2006 Rob Curtis

6008177 Small wasp - Amphibolips quercusinanis
Waterfall Glen, Illinois, USA
July 6, 2006
Size: ~3/16"

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Contributed by Rob Curtis on 6 July, 2006 - 6:53am
Last updated 24 January, 2023 - 12:05am

Moved
Moved from Gall Wasps.
… Adam Kranz, 24 January, 2023 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cynipoidea.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 December, 2017 - 11:08am login or register to post comments

Sphecodes sp. (Halictidae)
A female cuckoo bee.
… Adalbert Goertz, 6 July, 2006 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

 
This is definitely a parasiti
This is definitely a parasitic wasp (probably Chalcidoidea), not a bee.
… Rob Curtis, 6 July, 2006 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

 
Cynipid?
I wouldn't rule out gall wasps, either. Hopefully someone like Richard Vernier can chime in. I can barely keep up with the aculeates it seems:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 July, 2006 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitly Cynipoid
I agree with Eric Eaton. This is definitly a Cynipoid - the lateral view shows the wings are tatterd. It is probably a Cynipid, but could be a Figitid. I can understand the confusion with other Hymenoptera.

There is an on-line interactive key for Cynipoidea -

http://sharkeylab.org/sharkeylab/sharkeyKeys.php
(the link is on the lower part of the page).

There are also various other Hymenoptera interactive keys. These are in various stages of refinement, but the Cynopoid key has been used quite a bit and seems very accurate.
… Andy Boring, 6 July, 2006 - 11:45pm login or register to post comments

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