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Small Wasp - Torymus bedeguaris - female

Small Wasp - Torymus bedeguaris - Female
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
November 14, 2012
Size: Body length 3mm
This wasp emerged from some galls which may be viewed in the following thumbnail:

I am thinking it is a female parasite on the actual maker of the gall, perhaps, a Monodontomerus species, since it is so very similar to a previous submission - see here: (1).
My thanks for a confirmation or otherwise!

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Small Wasp - Torymus bedeguaris - female Small Wasp - Torymus bedeguaris - female Small Wasp - Torymus bedeguaris - female

Moved

Torymid…
The genus appears more likely to be Torymus than Monodontomerus.

See reference here.

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