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| Klaas |
Posted on 04-11-2009 20:59
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25-10-2009, The Netherlands. I found this very small wasp (less then 1 mm bodysize) two weeks ago. Any idaes for an id.? Klaas Klaas attached the following image:  [146.95Kb] Edited by Klaas on 06-11-2009 17:37 |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 04-11-2009 21:03
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
You are very lucky. This is Mymaridae, the smallest of the small. I found only 2 in my life. There's one family that looks also like this, the Mymarommatidae, which are extremely rarely found and have a separate superfamily. I think antennae are different in that family. |
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| cthirion |
Posted on 04-11-2009 21:51
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Member Location: Awirs (Flémalle) Belgique Posts: 901 Joined: 13.08.04 |
Superb!
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 04-11-2009 21:59
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Genus Mymar
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| proctoss |
Posted on 04-11-2009 22:41
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 Member Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 191 Joined: 12.08.06 |
Mymar taprobanicum Ward,1875 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 04-11-2009 23:25
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Stunning photo ... how did you ever see it in the first place?  I have seen them in Malaise trap samples but they are like dust.
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 04-11-2009 23:46
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Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Actually, Mymar are giants among the Mymaridae and, when present, are reasobably well visible to a keen observer.
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| Klaas |
Posted on 06-11-2009 21:07
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Member Location: Posts: 655 Joined: 15.10.08 |
Thank you for all respons Even an id. on species level! Klaas |
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