Thread subject: Diptera.info :: tiny Hymenoptera
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 03-08-2006 21:14
#1
Could you help my to ID one of the preys of Medetera jacula.
On tree bark, 0.5-0.8mm.
Family level will be grate!
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 03-08-2006 21:21
#2
Hello Nikita,
Looks like a member of the family Scelionidae to me!
Greetings, Gerard
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 03-08-2006 22:02
#3
Thank you Gerard and nice to see you back!
Nikita
But I'm still waiting for other opinions (or confirmation of Gerard's opinion as well).
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 08-08-2006 17:28
#4
Hi Gerard.
Looking at your ID at:
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=6&thread_id=2851#post_12144
I did understand that I don't need any other opinions.
So, Scelionidae and thank you again.
Nikita
Posted by Proctos on 08-08-2006 21:24
#5
I think that this is micro wasp from fam. Platygastridae. This photo is not very good and scelionids and platygastrids are habitually alike.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-08-2006 06:51
#6
Hmm, I think I would agree. The colour of the antennal flagellum appears to be clear orange and I recently saw some platygastrids with that antennal colour. Moreover, there is no wing venation visible at all. I think with a scelionid we should at least see some trace in this picture.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 11-08-2006 22:26
#7
Thank you Gerard, Proctos and Paul.
So, finaly it is - Platygastridae(?).
Nikita
Posted by Gerard Pennards on 11-08-2006 23:43
#8
Hello Nikita,
Well, I still stick with Scelionidae, because indeed they are ver much alike. The thing I always noticed for Platygastridae is that they are more or less a little 'humpbacked', by which I mean that the head always seems to be a bit bend down, so the thorax seems to be a little humped. In this case I don't see that, so I would still guess it is Scelionidae!:D
Greetings
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-08-2006 07:53
#9
It seems to me that I have to return and collect some:D
Nikita
P.S. as far as I know, Proctos is expert
Edited by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-08-2006 08:08
Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-08-2006 18:48
#10
The rather swollen femora on the second image also remind me more of Platygastridae...