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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) » Meteorinae » Zele
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unidentified wasp - Zele - female
Copyright © 2013 Aaron Brees

unidentified wasp - Zele - Female
Saylor Township, Polk County, Iowa, USA
June 4, 2013
Attracted to MV and black light.

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unidentified wasp - Zele - female unidentified wasp - Zele - female
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Contributed by Aaron Brees on 26 July, 2013 - 9:35pm
Last updated 1 June, 2022 - 5:09pm

Moved
Moved from Meteorinae.

I can't see how setose the gaster is, but zooming in I can see the hind wing fairly well. The marginal cell is definitely broader at the apex, rather than narrowed or subparallel, so this should cleanly fall under Zele rather than Meteorus.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 1 June, 2022 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Meteorus.

May be another Zele, but some morphological traits to separate genera (e.g. density of setae on the gaster) aren't readily visible here.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 1 June, 2022 - 1:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Carlson, 26 July, 2013 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

Meteorus (female)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 26 July, 2013 - 9:46pm login or register to post comments

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