Thread subject: Diptera.info :: My Tiniest Fly Yet, Round Head, What Family?
Posted by
Stephen on 01-09-2006 00:19
#1
This little fellow measured only 1.6 mm. What a round head, and what a very distinct neck. I know the picture is not the best; hard to see the rear of the wings, for example.
What family?
Resting on a squash leaf, open area near woodlands, West Virginia USA, 5 August 2006.
Thanks for any help you can provide!
#2
Hello, Stephen!
I may be wrong, but I think that critter does not belong into Diptera but into Hymenoptera. Some kind of parasitic wasp (?).
#3
Hi Stephen,
I think J?rgen is right!
Jan Willem
#4
I am thinking of Diapriidae.
#5
Tiny size, paddle-shaped fringed wings with very reduced venation, jizz suggest Mymaridae a family erected by our (Ireland) countryman Alexander Henry Haliday
. as a possibility (no time to check now) but Paul may well be right.
Robert
In the meantime take a look at http://hymenoptera.tamu.edu/keys/?taxcpl=cpl&taxcpl_id=1 which keys some reduced venation Hymenoptera
#6
Paul was right
Diapriidae Nice mid 19th century plates family description at http://delta-intkey.com/britin/hym/www/diapriid.htm
#7
The antennal implants are too close together for Mymaridae and the shape of the antennal segments is also off.
#8
Couldn't put it better myself. Maybe next we should start Hymen.info
Robert
Posted by
Stephen on 01-09-2006 10:59
#9
Juergen, Jan, Paul, Robert, I am impressed, you not only do Diptera but Hymenoptera as well. Thanks for setting me straight on this one. While I can no longer say this is the tiniest Dipteran I have ever photographed, it is nevertheless the tiniest wasp. Thanks again!
#10
Paul Beuk wrote:
I am thinking of Diapriidae.
Yes, it is my family Diapriidae, Trichopria sp.
#11
proctoss wrote:
Yes, it is
my family Diapriidae, Trichopria sp.
Hence your avatar.
Posted by
Stephen on 02-09-2006 01:33
#12
Wow, genus too, thank-you Proctoss.