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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Chalcidid Wasps (Chalcididae) » Brachymeriinae » Brachymeria
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Wasp - Brachymeria
Copyright © 2014 Gacko

Wasp - Brachymeria
Desoto, Dallas County, Texas, USA
September 30, 2013
Size: 5mm
Chalcid? I vaguely remember that this came out of something I had collected (kept outside at natural temperatures), but for the life of me I can't remember what it was.

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Contributed by Gacko on 18 January, 2014 - 9:52pm
Last updated 25 October, 2020 - 4:24am

Moved
Moved from Chalcidinae.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 October, 2020 - 4:24am login or register to post comments

Brachymeria sp.
Venation seems right.
… Jeong Yoo, 24 October, 2020 - 10:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chalcidid Wasps.
… Bob Zuparko, 1 June, 2020 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Chalcid Wasps.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 February, 2014 - 6:39pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Gacko, 19 January, 2014 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae
Pteromalids commonly attack fly larvae and pupae, but some, such as some Catolaccus species, attack beetle grubs. Catolaccus grandis goes after boll weevil grubs.
… Joe, 18 January, 2014 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't think this is a pteromalid
The wing venation is wrong. I think the OP is correct though: family Chalcididae, probably the genus Brachymeria (baed on wing venation, enlarged hind femur and antenna structure). If I am correct, then it probably emerged from a lepidopteran pupa, although some species are primary parasitoids of flies or Hymenoptera, while others are secondary parsitoids via tachinids or sarcophagids.
… Bob Zuparko, 19 January, 2014 - 10:36am login or register to post comments

 
On second viewing ...
... I do not believe this is a Brachymeria. The postmarginal vein is too short, and so this is most likely a member of the tribe Phasgonophorini, which has 3 genera in the area: Phasgonophora, Stypiura and Trigonura, but I can't tell you which one this is.
… Bob Zuparko, 1 June, 2020 - 5:14pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I agree.
… Joe, 19 January, 2014 - 12:01pm login or register to post comments

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