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Wasp mbe: fringed wings, beaded and fringed antennae - Trichopria

Wasp mbe: fringed wings, beaded and fringed antennae - Trichopria
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Las Vegas , Clark County, Nevada, USA
February 12, 2013
Size: ca 5mm
Malaise trap w black light. Mojave Desert habitat: Creosote bush, bursage, Yucca at about 3000 ft. Submitting two differently lighted images to help show fringed wings and antennae

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Wasp mbe: fringed wings, beaded and fringed antennae - Trichopria Wasp mbe: fringed wings, beaded and fringed antennae - Trichopria

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Moved from Diapriinae.

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Diapriid…
Characteristics suggest a diapriid that has lost some antennal segments.

See reference here.

 
Diapriid wasp ID
Hi Ross - Your ID looks good to me. Thanks

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