Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny yellow Chalcidoid (?) wasp (06.11.23) --> Aphelinidae, cf. Aphytis

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2023 20:46
#1

Hello,

this 1.5 mm wasp I found last night under an ivy leaf in our garden (northwest Germany). Very conspicuous colouration, but I can't even find a similar one, nor its family.

Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2023 20:24

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2023 20:46
#2

Pic #2

Posted by eklans on 08-11-2023 16:27
#3

Hi Jürgen, I think it's one of the Aphelinidae (Parasitoid of Aleyrodidae White Flies) - Encarsia? Cales?

Edited by eklans on 08-11-2023 16:28

Posted by eklans on 08-11-2023 16:38
#4

or Aphytis: https://bugguide....iew/903935

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2023 20:19
#5

Thanks a lot, Eric! Aphelinidae is a new family for me. The pictures of Aphytis look very similar (I have to check your other proposals) and Aleyrodes proletella was abundant here during the last few weeks.