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Terobiella sp
A small gall wasp grown from a colorful group of galls found about two weeks ago in Mornington. Here are some better photographs, as promised. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/380...
The complex antennae appear to indicate male specimen. I would expect a few more to emerge shortly for a possible gender comparison. Superfamily = Chalcidoidae Family = Pteromalidae Subfamily = Ormocerinae Genus = Terobiella Thanks to John La Salle and Dr Chris Burwell
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Thanks John La Salle and Chris Burwell
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
Yep - definitely a male. Males often emerge a bit before the females. They like to be waiting around for the females to emerge.
This is Pteromalidae, Ormocerinae, tribe Melanosomellini