Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Very small parasitoid wasp

Posted by buggub on 18-06-2017 10:14
#1
Hi,
can someone please id this small parasitoid wasp found in Slovenia. Found in the pupae. It seems like it lost the ability to fly.

Here is the link to my photographs http://galerija.f...os=-104718

Thanks!

Posted by BubikolRamios on 19-06-2017 20:43
#2
Seems to me maybe it has wings but they are under construction due to be freshly out of (egg ?), see this for comparison
http://agrozoo.ne...88730c21d7

next, in short time, like < 5 min
http://agrozoo.ne...f4b5cf10e6

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-06-2017 09:10
#3
The wasp is sternopterous. It is not a matter of wings not having streched yet. I suppose it is Scelionidae.

Posted by empeejay on 20-06-2017 21:23
#4
This a male Melittobia acasta (Eulophidae).

Posted by buggub on 14-07-2017 14:46
#5
Hello!

I found another species even more interesting. Please id if possible. Link below. Found in Slovenia.

http://galerija.f...os=-105637
Edited by buggub on 14-07-2017 14:48

Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-07-2017 15:41
#6
Encyrtidae I'd say, splendid image.

Posted by empeejay on 14-07-2017 16:58
#7
I would say Aphelinidae.