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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) » Doryctinae » Heterospilus
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Ichneumonidae ? - Heterospilus - male
Copyright © 2014 Paul A Scharf

Ichneumonidae ? - Heterospilus - Male
Lake Gaston, Warren County, North Carolina, USA
September 22, 2013
Maybe Limerodops ?, Thanks, Paul

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Ichneumonidae ? - Heterospilus - male Ichneumonidae ? - Heterospilus - male
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Contributed by Paul A Scharf on 3 February, 2014 - 12:32pm
Last updated 4 February, 2014 - 1:50pm

Moved
Identified by Dr. Paul Marsh, who says the males of this genus all have a "stigma" on the hind wing. Although it is hard to tell from the aspect of this photo that that basal "stigma" is on the hind wing, the hind wing stigma can clearly be seen in one of the photos placed as Heterospilus eurostae. Given that males Hymenoptera are essentially half female, it causes me to wonder about the reason for the genetic expression of the hind wing "stigma" in males and not in females.

Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Bob Carlson, 4 February, 2014 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I appreciate all the additional information. I added another image of the same individual, hoping it might give a clearer view. Paul
… Paul A Scharf, 5 February, 2014 - 12:52pm login or register to post comments

braconid, rather
… v belov, 3 February, 2014 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

 
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And an interesting one, it seems. As far as I am aware, this is the first one I have ever seen with wings having a basal gizmoid that is stigma-like.
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