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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Cleonymidae » Epistenia
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green bee or fly - Epistenia
Copyright © 2013 Mark H Brown

green bee or fly - Epistenia
Florida Canyon, Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 12, 2013
Size: 11 mm

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Contributed by Mark H Brown on 6 November, 2013 - 11:29pm
Last updated 8 November, 2013 - 3:09pm

Moved
Moved from Cleonyminae.
… Dennis Haines, 8 November, 2013 - 3:09pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Per my chalcid contact. If there happens to be another photo of this critter showing a good view of the hind femur, there would be some prospect of a generic placement.

Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… Bob Carlson, 7 November, 2013 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
New image
I've added the only other image, which does show the hind femur, but unfortunately it's very blurry.
… Mark H Brown, 7 November, 2013 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Even though a bit blurry
the new image shows the "laterally margined abdomen" that Gary Gibson says is typical of the genus Epistenia.
… Dennis Haines, 8 November, 2013 - 3:56pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 November, 2013 - 5:12am login or register to post comments

Looks like ...
Chalcid Wasp ... one of the Pteromalids
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 6 November, 2013 - 11:55pm login or register to post comments

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