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 Injured wasp or parasite
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| buggub |
Posted on 22-08-2014 13:18
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Member Location: Slovenia Posts: 148 Joined: 13.09.09 |
Hi, I found this strange looking formation on a wasp. Is this some kind of parasite or injury? Found in Slovenia. Thanks! buggub attached the following image:  [146.8Kb] |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-08-2014 13:51
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 Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10616 Joined: 22.10.10 |
The host looks like Vespidae, so the parasite should be Strepsiptera, Stylopidae, Xeninae. |
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| Marc T |
Posted on 22-08-2014 17:56
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 Member Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 248 Joined: 30.08.11 |
Hi, I think it's Xenos vesparum on a Polistes sp. But I'm not sure, if are there any other stylopids found on Vespidae!? Marc |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 22-08-2014 22:33
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Super Administrator Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 10616 Joined: 22.10.10 |
In North America we have several species on Polistes. Europe has at least two, Xenos vesparum and minor, according to the database at http://rameau.snv...card=hosts. Other species of Stylopidae are found on other Vespidae, but the wasp does look like Polistes dominula or gallica. |
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