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Heterospilus
Photo#890069
Copyright © 2014
Paul A Scharf
Ichneumonidae ? -
Heterospilus
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Lake Gaston, Warren County, North Carolina, USA
September 22, 2013
Maybe Limerodops ?, Thanks, Paul
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Contributed by
Paul A Scharf
on 3 February, 2014 - 12:32pm
Last updated 4 February, 2014 - 1:50pm
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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.
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Bob Carlson
, 4 February, 2014 - 1:50pm
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Thanks
I appreciate all the additional information. I added another image of the same individual, hoping it might give a clearer view. Paul
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Paul A Scharf
, 5 February, 2014 - 12:52pm
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braconid, rather
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v belov
, 3 February, 2014 - 1:05pm
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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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Bob Carlson
, 3 February, 2014 - 9:42pm
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