Omphale connectens
Length of body 1.0–2.4 mm. Forewing with row of admarginal setae with all, or most, from ventral marginal vein and with radial cell bare; face shiny with very weak sculpture and partly smooth, to completely smooth; forecoxa black or dark brown metallic, mid- and hind coxae yellowish brown; female flagellomeres 1–3 ventrally with two rows of setae, attached basally and subbasally; postmarginal vein 1.5–2× as long as stigmal vein.
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Endoparasitoid, host unknown.
Unknown.
Unknown.
Hansson, C. & Shevtsova, E. (2012) Revision of the European species of Omphale Haliday (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae). ZooKeys, (232), 1.
AJ Cann
Merrys Meadows
31 May 2026
male
AJ Cann
Merrys Meadows
31 May 2026
male
AJ Cann
Merrys Meadows
31 May 2026
AJ Cann
Merrys Meadows
31 May 2026
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- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Eulophidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 31/05/2026 (Cann, Alan)
- Last record:
- 31/05/2026 (Cann, Alan)
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