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

Wasp - Female
Allison Park, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 7, 2014
Size: 1mm
Aphelinidae?

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Contributed by John Rosenfeld on 8 September, 2014 - 8:13am
Last updated 8 September, 2014 - 9:25am

Another nice one
This too may also be Centrodora. I can't see the wing venation all that well, but the vein should reach less than 1/2 the wing length and the last segment of the antenna will be more or less "hooked"; the photo appears to show the latter.
… Zachary Lahey, 9 December, 2014 - 8:05pm login or register to post comments

 
There does seem to be a little bend
at the end of the antennae. I have a really hard time seeing the veins in most of these little wasps.
… John Rosenfeld, 9 December, 2014 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Parasitica" (parasitic Apocrita).
… John Rosenfeld, 8 September, 2014 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

Yes…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 8 September, 2014 - 9:13am login or register to post comments

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