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DB

@arnoldtortoise.bsky.social

A beautiful 3mm long female Tretoserphus laricis parasitoid wasp of the Proctotrupidae found on vegetated shingle at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve yesterday.

#UKWildlife #wasps #RyeHarbour #Proctotrupidae @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

black wasp with strongly downcurved ovipositor at the end of its shiny black abdomen, head and antennae are to the left of picture, paddle-shaped wing is held above body

April 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM

DB

@arnoldtortoise.bsky.social

One of two beautiful female Cryptoserphus dilatus wasps of the Proctotrupidae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods this morning.

#UKWildlife #wasps #HighWeald #Proctotrupidae

glossy black parasitic wasp with orange-yellow legs and a narrow ovipositor, large wings held above body feature a triangular brown spot

November 16, 2024 at 5:11 PM

DB

@arnoldtortoise.bsky.social

A beautiful male Cryptoserphus longitarsis parasitoid wasp of the Proctotrupidae found under pine trees in Brede High Woods today.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Proctotrupidae #HighWeald

black wasp with orange-yellow legs, its paddle shaped wings are outstretched and have a strong black triangular stigma at the leading edge of each wing, head and antennae are to the top of picture

May 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM

DB

@arnoldtortoise.bsky.social

A 3mm long female Exallonyx nixoni parasitoid wasp of the Proctotrupidae found on shingle at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve yesterday.

#UKWildlife #wasps #RyeHarbour #Proctotrupidae

3mm long black wasp with wings held above body, head and antennae to the right

August 15, 2024 at 3:37 PM

DB

@arnoldtortoise.bsky.social

A picture to illustrate different sizes of Proctotrupid wasps. Above is Cryptoserphus dilatus, below is Exallonyx wasmannii. Both were found under pine in Brede High Woods today.

#UKWildlife #wasps #Proctotrupidae #HighWeald

two black glossy wasps showing size difference within the same family, both wasps are facing left with their antennae stretched out

November 16, 2024 at 5:49 PM

Robert Back

@rback.bsky.social

Codrus niger (male).
More images and some text (in Swedish)
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2024/01/codr...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Hymenoptera 🦟
#Proctotrupidae
#Biodiversity

January 11, 2024 at 11:36 AM

Junta Abe

@juntaproc.bsky.social

Paper alert! We have conducted the phylogenetic reconstruction of Proctotrupinae. This is the first comprehensive analysis of the family Proctotrupidae.

I hope you are interested in this unique family and we work together!

arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com/article/1751...

Phylogenetic reconstruction of Proctotrupinae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae)

Abstract Phylogenetic reconstruction of Proctotrupinae, the largest subfamily of Proctotrupidae, was conducted for the first time based on total evidence combining molecular and morphological ...

arthropod-systematics.arphahub.com

June 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM

T Heaton-Davies

@theohd.bsky.social

Excited to have caught some parasitoid wasps (Proctotrupidae) in the midst of their emergence from a wireworm/clickbeetle larva (Elateridae) while sorting through samples today 🪲 Collected at Gibbets Close where Wychwood Forest Trust is supporting passive #rewilding of ex-agricultural land #bugsky

February 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM

GBIF Morpho 🦋

@gbifmorpho.bsky.social

New #checklist dataset in @gbif.org: First record of the family Proctotrupidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with five new species records https://www.gbif.org/dataset/d9186062-2fd7-4ac8-bf07-dc65ffea9157

May 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM

Robert Back

@rback.bsky.social

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."
Townes & Townes, 1981.
More images and some text (in Swedish)
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2024/01/phae...

#Invertebrate 🐙
#Hymenoptera 🦟
#Proctotrupidae
#Phaenoserphus
#Biodiversity

January 12, 2024 at 9:19 AM

Junta Abe

@juntaproc.bsky.social

Our new report was published! We reported the biology of Phaenoserphus. You can see the videos of their courtship behavior and oviposition. Please check the supplementaries.
www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/kont...