Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny wingless wasp: Gelis sp.?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-01-2008 12:31
#1
Hello!

This < 2 mm (without ovipositor) animal ran around at the wall of our house this morning (Ostwestfalen/Germany). In colouration it resembles very much the Gelis agilis in the gallery of hymis.de. But I think, there are others (?).

Larger picture:
http://www.foto-u..._W_big.jpg

Posted by cthirion on 15-01-2008 12:34
#2
yes for my!Wink

Posted by Jan Willem on 15-01-2008 12:37
#3
Yes there are others. According to Fauna Europaea there are 68 species of the genus Gelis known from Germany.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 15-01-2008 13:02
#4
Hello, Camille and Jan Willem!

Jan Willem wrote:
Yes there are others. According to Fauna Europaea there are 68 species of the genus Gelis known from Germany.


Thanks! I know that there are many species, but all pictures I had found except those of G. agilis show bigger animals with much more red in colouration (or totally red colour). So there is always a little hope that this special species may be some kind of exception in colour or size and can thus be identified precisely... Wink (the hope never dies...).