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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Eupelmidae » Eupelminae » Eupelmus » Eupelmus messene
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Small Wingless Wasp - Eupelmus messene - female
Copyright © 2014 John Rosenfeld

Small Wingless Wasp - Eupelmus messene - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 11, 2014

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Small Wingless Wasp - Eupelmus messene - female Small Wingless Wasp - Eupelmus messene - female
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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 13 May, 2014 - 8:48am

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).

Thank you Gary!
… John Rosenfeld, 13 May, 2014 - 9:39am login or register to post comments

small wingless wasp
This is Eupelmus vesicularis (Retzius), a very common brachypterous eupelmid that is extremely polyphagous. One differential feature is that its reduced fore wings are bent upright at a right angle at the level of the base of the abdomen.
… Gary Gibson, 13 May, 2014 - 9:33am login or register to post comments

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