Metallic Bronze Parasitic Wasp
Seven-toothed Cuckoo Wasp
Female, dorsal
| Metallic Bronze Parasitic Wasp | | Seven-toothed Cuckoo Wasp Female, dorsal | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Chalcidoid Wasp (Wasp: Chalcidoidea: Torymidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Metallic Green Chalcid Wasp (Torymoides sp) | ||||
| This Photo: | Female | ||||
Thank you (ChalcidJyY) for identifying and Konstantin for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere We thought this was a Pteromalid Wasp, but Konstantin said "A short vein is visible on the wing, which is usually long in pteromalids, which also have a short ovipositor. These are the main signs between them, but there are other families. But in general - it is typical Torymid, alike Torymus (still with "?")." When he id'ed this specimen, (ChalcidJyR) said "Marginal vein more than 5 times as long as the stigmal; hind femur usually with small tooth (not visible); Propodeum laterally rounded and more or less sloping" | |||||
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