Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Strange small Hymenoptera (NL) > Histeromerus canadensis

Posted by blaauw7 on 21-07-2021 15:15
#1
Found today in the sky light behind my house, mid Netherlands. No idea.....Frown

Gr Dick
Edited by blaauw7 on 23-07-2021 08:40

Posted by blaauw7 on 21-07-2021 15:17
#2
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Posted by Jan Maca on 21-07-2021 17:02
#3
A braconid...

Posted by empeejay on 22-07-2021 08:13
#4
Histeromerus mystacinus.

Posted by blaauw7 on 22-07-2021 10:23
#5
Nice! Thanks.
What is the difference with Histeromerus canadensis?

Gr Dick

Posted by empeejay on 22-07-2021 18:03
#6
Even nicer, because evidently it is Histeromerus canadensis!

It keys out quite nicely using van Achterberg's revision of the genus. Apparently only known from the Netherlands outside the Nearctic region.
Edited by empeejay on 22-07-2021 18:04

Posted by blaauw7 on 23-07-2021 08:42
#7
Thanks! Histeromerus canadensis:
length of fore wing 1.8-2.6 mm, exceptionally 3.1 mm; propleuron yellowish

Gr Dick