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Chalcidoidea, LeucospidaeHolotype FemaleCollected in Vietnam Photograph by Natalie Dale-Skey
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 6176:1
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Melittobia Westwood, 1848Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae, TetrastichinaeNon-type male (slide-mounted specimen)Collected in the USA from a Trypoxylon nestPhotograph by Natalie Dale-SkeyMelittobia species are highly sexually dimorphic: the male, seen here, is blind (its compound eyes are reduced to spots) and flightless (brachypterous), with strangely shaped antennae which are used in courtship.
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Dorsal. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00262:1
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Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
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Dorsal. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00162:1
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one of several Euneura lachni parasitoid wasps of the Pteromalidae family found in euonymus in the garden, plenty of detail pictures below - all viewable larger with a click. Note head is broader than lenght of flagellum + pedicel, apical margin of forewing is ciliate, postmarginal vein 1.5x length of stigmal vein, marginal vein 1.5x thicker at apex as at base, basal cell bare, speculum open below.
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00224:1
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00259:1
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Chalcidoidea; Pteromalidae; PteromalinaeNon Type FemaleCollected in United KingdomPhotograph by Natalie Dale-Skey
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Dorsal. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00176:1
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a female Hemiptarsenus unguicellus parasitoid wasp of the Eulophidae family found at the woodland margin in Great Wood. Additional pictures below can all be viewed larger with a click,, and show tarsi with oblique sutures, 4 scutellar hairs, 6 submarginal vein hairs, full postmarginal vein, no median groove on mesoscutum, submarginal vein flows smoothly into marginal vein, petiole with denticle, median section of propodeum elevated and reticulate, 1.9mm long.
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00209:1
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Femalecollected in AustriaPhotograph by Koorosh McCormack
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Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae, TetracneminaeNon-type female collected in ParaguayPhotograph by Natalie Dale-SkeyAnagyrus lopezi is used as an extremely successful biological control agent against the cassava mealybug in subsaharan Africa.
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Femalecollected in GreecePhotograph by Koorosh McCormack
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Dorsal. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00266:1
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Curridabat, San Jose, Costa Rica
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00260:1
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Head frontal. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 01584:1
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 1521:1
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a 2mm long Ericydnus strigosus parasitoid wasp of the Encyrtidae family found in conifer in Hastings Cemetery. Additional pictures below may be viewed larger with a click. Note 2 mandible teeth, smoky wings, long marginal/postmarginal/stigmal veins, sharp accipital margin, wings 3x long as wide, no notauli, apex of scutellum membranous, narrow scutellum, shallow depression on frons.
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Chalcidoidea; Chalcididae; ChalcidinaeType FemaleCollected in IndiaPhotograph by Natalie Dale-Skey
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Lateral. Scale bar 1 mm.Lectotype 00149:1