Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny yellow Chalcidoid (?) wasp (06.11.23) --> Aphelinidae, cf. Aphytis

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2023 19:46
#1
Hello,

this 1.5 mm wasp I found last night under an ivy leaf in our garden (northwest Germany). Very conspicuous colouration, but I can't even find a similar one, nor its family.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2023 19:24

Posted by Juergen Peters on 07-11-2023 19:46
#2
Pic #2

Posted by eklans on 08-11-2023 15:27
#3
Hi Jürgen, I think it's one of the Aphelinidae (Parasitoid of Aleyrodidae White Flies) - Encarsia? Cales?
Edited by eklans on 08-11-2023 15:28

Posted by eklans on 08-11-2023 15:38
#4
or Aphytis: https://bugguide....iew/903935

Posted by Juergen Peters on 08-11-2023 19:19
#5
Thanks a lot, Eric! Aphelinidae is a new family for me. The pictures of Aphytis look very similar (I have to check your other proposals) and Aleyrodes proletella was abundant here during the last few weeks.