Female--Length 7-8mm.; malar space approxiametly one-third basal width of mandible; ocellocular space about equal to diameter of lateral ocellus; median sulcus of propodeum very shallow; basal carina short; apical carina indistinct, rarely extending forward on either side of sulcus; second tergite a little less elongate than in woodi.
Tergites beyond the fifth largely or entirely black; hind tibia usually blackish at apex.
Male--As in female, front and middle legs pale reddish, sometimes mostly yellowish beyond the femora."
No descriptive information was found on earlier stages.
Other Names: (Fattig, 1950)
Campoplegidea americana (Ashmead)
Casinaria americana (Ashmead)
Higher Taxon:(Finlayson, 1975)
Class: Insect
Order:
Hymenoptera
Family:
Ichnuemonidae
Subfamily: Campopleginae (Porizontinae)
Tribe: Campoplegini
Genus: Dusona Cameron
Species: americana
Species Description:
The following species description of the adult stage (image)is derived directly from Walley, 1940.
Species Distribution:
Dusona americana
North America
Continental United States; Canada
Eastern North America
United States east of Mississippi;
Ontario and eastern Canada
Southeastern United States
AL AR DE DC FL GA KY MD NC SC TN VA WV
Southern Appalachian States
AL GA KY MD NC SC TN VA WV
Coastal Plain
Piedmont
Blue Ridge Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Central Arch
Georgia
Clarke County, Georgia
Sams Farm
Old Field
Wetland
Woods
1-Hectare Plot
Natural History:
Little is known of the specifics of this organisms natural history. For more general information, return to the Dusona Page.
How to Encounter:
The specimens collected from John Pickering's Lab were from Malayse traps set-up in the old field and along the edge of the woods at Sam's Farm. For more information, refer to Wayman, 1995.
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