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Asian Needle Ant (Brachyponera chinensis)
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Copyright © 2013
Scott Ditzel
Parasitic Wasp? -
Brachyponera chinensis
Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
July 12, 2013
Size: about 2mm
Tiny wasp? on a Magnolia leaf
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Contributed by
Scott Ditzel
on 12 July, 2013 - 11:16am
Last updated 1 August, 2013 - 1:48pm
Moved
These are remarkably different in appearance from the females. Click on the images button above to see...
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James C. Trager
, 1 August, 2013 - 1:48pm
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tom murray
, 21 July, 2013 - 8:59pm
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Pachydondyla chinensis
I am not so sure about a Braconidae identification. Although the dew makes identification difficult, looks rather like a ponerine ant due to the wing venation and form of the second abdominal segment (first metasomal). This is a
Pachyondyla (Brachyponera) chinensis
male. It has a terminal metasomal tergal spine, and notauli, the latter character separating it from
Hypoponera
.
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Brendon E. Boudinot
, 15 July, 2013 - 12:04am
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Undoubtedly a parasitic wasp
Probably the family Braconidae.
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Bob Zuparko
, 12 July, 2013 - 12:21pm
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Ant
Braconid specialist, Michael Sharkey, suspects it is an ant. I had the same inclination, and I suppose it would be a male.
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Bob Carlson
, 12 July, 2013 - 2:02pm
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