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 predatory wasp
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| BubikolRamios |
Posted on 24-06-2009 01:50
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 1728 Joined: 14.06.09 |
not an expert but think the extension on the tail is for laying eggs into host. Anyone knows the scientific name of that extension. Id of wasp would allso wanted. Body length without 'tail' and antenas 3 mm.Location Slovenia
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| BubikolRamios |
Posted on 24-06-2009 02:42
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 1728 Joined: 14.06.09 |
ok, the 'tail' thing is ovipositor, an if it have one then it is female. according to this: http://www.tolweb...idea/11174 this is Toxophoroides sp. (Ichneumonoidea ) Edited by BubikolRamios on 24-06-2009 02:53 |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 24-06-2009 08:33
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
No, I think this is not Ichneumonoidea. It is Chalcidoidea somewhere near Eulphidae/Torymidae.
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| BubikolRamios |
Posted on 24-06-2009 16:25
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 1728 Joined: 14.06.09 |
http://codex.bego...halcidkey/ Chalcidoids, being Hymenoptera, have two pairs of membranous wings as opposed to the single pair found in flies I see only one pair of wings on my photo, or m'I missing something ? Edited by BubikolRamios on 24-06-2009 16:29 |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 24-06-2009 18:00
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
There should be small hindwings there, although they are hardly visible on this photo.
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| BubikolRamios |
Posted on 24-06-2009 21:16
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 1728 Joined: 14.06.09 |
hmm, as I read the hindwings can be wery small thus not visible here. There is a database, not having this species, but for future refernce: http://www.nhm.ac...=Torymidae Think it could fit into Torymidae/ Megastigmus Edited by BubikolRamios on 24-06-2009 21:22 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 18-07-2009 21:16
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
My guess would be Megastigmus sp. too ... I have a few specimens here that look very similar to your (very nice) photo  If you can get hold of a copy of Peck et. al. (1964) it would be very worthwhile - it has an excellent key.* Peck, Boucek & Hoffer (1964) Keys to the Chalcidoidea of Czechoslovakia (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada No. 34. You will probably have to track it down in a museum library because I bought the last copy the publishers had 
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