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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Braconid Wasps (Braconidae) » Caterpillar Mummy Wasps (Rogadinae) » Common Mummy Wasps (Aleiodes) » pilosus species-group (Aleiodes pilosus species-group) » Aleiodes kisomm
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Aleiodes (Tetrasphaeropyx) kisomm Holotype - Aleiodes kisomm - female
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Aleiodes (Tetrasphaeropyx) kisomm Holotype - Aleiodes kisomm - Female
Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA
March 17, 1971
Size: 4.3 mm
Note arrow pointing to carapace-like fourth metasomal tergite. The monograph of Aleiodes (Tetrasphaeropyx) species can be found at: A Revision of the Tetrasphaeropyx Ashmead Lineage of Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae), by Joseph C. Fortier.

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Contributed by Joe on 11 March, 2013 - 12:05am
Last updated 3 September, 2014 - 10:11pm

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Aleiodes (Tetrasphaeropyx) kisomm
Although this specimen's coloration may be similar to A. politiceps, it is anything but. It is much smaller (4.3 mm; A. politiceps is 7-8 mm). This small size and the large, carapace-like fourth abdominal tergite are distinctive for subgenus Tetrasphaeropyx. In addition, the rugose metasomal sculpturing distinguishes this species from the heavy striate sculpturing of A. politiceps metasomal tergites, as does the black metasomal coloration (orange in A. politiceps).
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