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Chalcid from dipteran goldenrod rosette gall - Aprostocetus - female

Chalcid from dipteran goldenrod rosette gall - Aprostocetus - Female
UMass Field Station, Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
March 31, 2012
Size: 1.1 mm
Gall collected on 11/6/2011.

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Chalcid from dipteran goldenrod rosette gall - Aprostocetus - female Chalcid from dipteran goldenrod rosette gall - Aprostocetus - female

Moved
Moved from Tetrastichinae.
Det. Christer Hansson.

Moved
Moved from Eulophidae.
Christer Hansson: "A female of subfamily Tetrastichinae"

Moved

Eulophid…
The shortened antennae, axilla position, and wing venation suggest this family. Hosts include pupal parasitoids of many different Dipteran groups (e.g. blowflies and gall midges).

See reference here.

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