FAMILY BRACONIDAE (Braconid Wasps)

Hymenoptera-Braconidae-Stantonia-Braconid Wasps MALE (A)

Stantonia

Patagonia Roadside Rest Stop
Santa Cruz County, Arizona
Coordinates: 31.506430, -110.804385
Elevation: 3,898 ft
September 28, 2019
Size: 5 mm
Caught by sweeping vegetation
Determined by Dr. Michael Sharkey who said: “Very nice find. Members of the small subfamily Orgilinae are rarely collected and little is known about their biology. They are solitary koinobiont endoparasitoids mainly of concealed lepidopteran larvae.”

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