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Owlfly parasite wasp - Hockeria bicolor
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Owlfly parasite wasp - Hockeria bicolor
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 20, 2012
Size: 3mm
A bunch of these wasps emerged from the Owlfly I was keeping. It looks like one of the Chalcids.

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Owlfly parasite wasp - Hockeria bicolor Owlfly parasite wasp - Hockeria bicolor
Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2012 - 10:53pm
Last updated 22 July, 2012 - 1:14am

Moved tentatively
Moved from Chalcidid Wasps.
… Brad Barnd, 22 July, 2012 - 1:14am

 
ID confirmed from specimen
This is Hockeria bicolor Halstead, 1990. Listed from as close as New York in Halstead's description. Could be a new state record.

Thanks for sending Tom, will keep as a photo-voucher.
… Brad Barnd, 1 August, 2012 - 7:57pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
Thanks Ross.
… tom murray, 21 July, 2012 - 11:41pm

Chalcididae…
Nice. Will try to narrow down further. The genus Hockeria is known to parasitize owlfly larvae.

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 21 July, 2012 - 11:09pm

 
Hockeria bicolor Halstead
seems to be most likely here based on coloration and host; H. eriensis also parasitizes antlion larvae. Save and I can confirm from specimen.
… Brad Barnd, 22 July, 2012 - 1:13am

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