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Minute Parasitic Wasp (Megastigmus sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Parasitic Wasp (Wasp: Chalcidoidea: Megastigmidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Minute Parasitic Wasp (Megastigmus sp)
This Photo:     S1, dorsal
Thank you Dr Jean-Yves Rasplus (ChalcidJyY) for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Copyright © 2023-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 22-Jan-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.