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Pteromalid fig wasps
Genus Apocrypta
19.223, 72.9108
Field Notes
Description:
The Pteromalidae are a very large family of parasitoid wasps, with some 3,450 described species in about 640 genera. They are Usually metallic Chalcidoids of varying body size (from 1-48 mm long) and built (slender to quite robust), with the tarsi of the fore and hind legs consisting of five segments, which carry antennae consisting of eight to thirteen segments (including up to 3 annelli), and that in fully winged forms have in the fore wing a marginal vein that is at least several times longer than broad, very often with well-developed postmarginal and stigmal veins, although these are rarely quite short, and nearly always a distinct speculum.
Habitat:
Seen at a small forest near a river.
Notes:
Found below the leaves of a fig tree.
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