Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Chalcidoidea ID

Posted by bums on 31-08-2014 22:35
#1

hello, can anyone help me to ID this little green one? I must admit, I even don't know if its a bee or a wasp...as my guess is bee
it is very little..approx.3mm and found on 23-08 in Voeren,Belgium.
I thought of chrysididae or ceratina_sp, but couldn't find anything comparable...
thanks a lot for looking into this...chris

Edited by bums on 31-08-2014 22:55

Posted by bums on 31-08-2014 22:36
#2

and this..

Posted by ValerioW on 31-08-2014 22:39
#3

Neither bee nor wasp. It is from Chalcidoidea super-family

Edited by ValerioW on 31-08-2014 22:40

Posted by bums on 31-08-2014 22:47
#4

there are only 4 mentioned to be in Belgium...

wait..maybe I mix it up. do you mean Chalcididae? is this the same? "bronswespen"?

Edited by bums on 31-08-2014 22:52

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 01-09-2014 00:10
#5

Chalcidoidea is a superfamily that holds several families like Chalcididae, for example

Posted by bums on 01-09-2014 05:46
#6

I see, thanks Jorge and Valerio...so I guess IDing is not so easy?

Posted by tristram on 01-09-2014 09:50
#7

Might be a Torymus sp (Torymidae) but I am not an expert.

Posted by empeejay on 01-09-2014 15:59
#8

It's actually Pteromalidae, Miscogasterinae.

Posted by bums on 01-09-2014 21:52
#9

If I google for "Pteromalidae, Miscogasterinae" , I find some info, some photos as well. a lot of chinese as well :)
some actually do look like the little green one in the picture. I also have learned that there are some 125 different specimen of Miscogasterinae.
I think further IDyng is nearly impossible, so i will keep it like Miscogasterinae sp.

thanks a lot tristram en empeejay :)