Melittobia sp

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Melittobia Westwood, 1848Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae, TetrastichinaeNon-type male (slide-mounted specimen)Collected in the USA from a Trypoxylon nestPhotograph by Natalie Dale-SkeyMelittobia species are highly sexually dimorphic: the male, seen here, is blind (its compound eyes are reduced to spots) and flightless (brachypterous), with strangely shaped antennae which are used in courtship.