New records of Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983 (Hymenoptera: Orussidae) represent a significant western range expansion Author Skvarla, Michael Joseph Author Tripodi, Amber Author Szalanski, Allen Author Dowling, Ashley text Biodiversity Data Journal 2015 3 5793 5793 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5793 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.3.e5793 1314-2828--5793 Ourssus minutus Middlekauff, 1983 Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 138295 ; recordedBy: Michael J Skvarla ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Arkansas; county: Newton; locality: Buffalo National River, Steel Creek ; locationRemarks: 80-100 year old mature second-growth Eastern mixed deciduous forest dominated by oak (Quercus) and hickory (Carya); verbatimCoordinates: 36°02.218' N, 93°20.439 W; decimalLatitude: 36.036967 ; decimalLongitude: -93.34065 ; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Michael J. Skvarla ; dateIdentified: 2014; Event: samplingProtocol: black Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 201313-4-13 ; Record Level: language: en; collectionID: MS 13-0413-047; institutionCode: UAAM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 138296 ; recordedBy: Michael J Skvarla ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Arkansas; county: Newton; locality: Buffalo National River, Steel Creek ; locationRemarks: 80-100 year old mature second-growth Eastern mixed deciduous forest dominated by oak (Quercus) and hickory (Carya); verbatimCoordinates: 36°02.314' N, 93°20.425 W; decimalLatitude: 36.038567 ; decimalLongitude: -93.34041 ; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Michael J. Skvarla ; dateIdentified: 2014; Event: samplingProtocol: SLAM canopy trap, lower collector ; eventDate: 201313-4-13 ; Record Level: language: en; collectionID: MS 13-0413-060; institutionCode: UAAM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Amber Tripodi ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Arkansas; county: Washington; locality: Fayetteville, Kessler Mountain Reserve, Wino Trail ; locationRemarks: 80-100 year old mature second-growth Eastern mixed deciduous forest dominated by oak (Quercus) and hickory (Carya); verbatimCoordinates: 36°02'19.45" N, 94°13'01.98" W; decimalLatitude: 36.038611 ; decimalLongitude: -94.216944 ; georeferenceProtocol: GoogleEarth; Identification: identifiedBy: Michael J. Skvarla ; dateIdentified: 2014; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collected with net ; eventDate: 41755.00 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: UAAM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: T. P. Nuhn ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Warren; locality: Skyland Estates ; locationRemarks: 4 km NNW of Linden; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1985-4-20 / 1985-4-27 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: T. P. Nuhn ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Warren; locality: Skyland Estates ; locationRemarks: 4 km NNW of Linden; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1996-4-27 / 1996-5-12 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: P. J. Spangler ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; locality: Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1965-4-16 / 1965-4-17 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Kloke & D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Louisa; locationRemarks: 4 mi south of Cuckoo; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1989-4-26 / 1989-5-12 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Kloke & D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Louisa; locationRemarks: 4 mi south of Cuckoo; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1989-5-27 / 1989-6-7 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: J. Kloke & D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Louisa; locationRemarks: 4 mi south of Cuckoo; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1988-3-19 / 1988-4-11 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Fairfax; locality: Holmes Run ; locationRemarks: ~1/4 mi NW jct. Gallows Rd & I-495; verbatimCoordinates: 38°50'N , 77°12'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1990-4-22 / 1990-4-28 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Fairfax; locality: Holmes Run ; locationRemarks: ~1/4 mi NW jct. Gallows Rd & I-496; verbatimCoordinates: 38°50'N , 77°12'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1990-3-11 /1990-30-17; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Fairfax; locality: Holmes Run ; locationRemarks: ~1/4 mi NW jct. Gallows Rd & I-497; verbatimCoordinates: 38°50'N , 77°12'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2008-4-13 / 2008-4-19 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Clarke; locality: University of Virginia Blandy Experiment Farm ; locationRemarks: 2 mi south of Boyce; verbatimCoordinates: 39°05'N , 78°10'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1992-5-2 / 1992-5-16 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Clarke; locality: University of Virginia Blandy Experiment Farm ; locationRemarks: 2 mi south of Boyce; verbatimCoordinates: 39°05'N , 78°10'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1994-4-16 / 1994-4-28 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Clarke; locality: University of Virginia Blandy Experiment Farm ; locationRemarks: 2 mi south of Boyce; verbatimCoordinates: 39°05'N , 78°10'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1994-4-16 / 1994-4-28 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1992-4-1 / 1992-4-16 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1993-5-15 / 1993-5-28 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1994-4-22 / 1994-5-3 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1994-4-22 / 1994-5-3 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1995-3-23 / 1995-4-11 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1996-4-12 / 1996-5-6 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1996-5-7 / 1996-5-17 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1999-3-6 / 1999-3-20 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1999-4-3 / 1999-4-19 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1999-4-3 / 1999-4-19 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Essex; locationRemarks: 1 mi southeast of Dunnsville; verbatimCoordinates: 37°52'N , 76°48'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1999-5-6 / 1999-5-20 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Virginia; county: Fairfax; locality: Great Falls Park ; verbatimCoordinates: 38°59.4'N , 77°15.26'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2007-4-19 / 2007-5-2 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: West Virginia; county: Hardy; locationRemarks: 3 mi northeast of Mathias; verbatimCoordinates: 38°55'N , 78°49'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2000-5-1 / 2000-5-15 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: West Virginia; county: Hardy; locationRemarks: 3 mi northeast of Mathias; verbatimCoordinates: 38°55'N , 78°49'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2001-4-1 / 2001-5-14 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: West Virginia; county: Hardy; locationRemarks: 3 mi northeast of Mathias; verbatimCoordinates: 38°55'N , 78°49'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2007-5-4 / 2007-5-21 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: West Virginia; county: Hardy; locationRemarks: 3 mi northeast of Mathias; verbatimCoordinates: 38°55'N , 78°49'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2007-5-22 / 2007-6-7 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: D. R. Smith ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: West Virginia; county: Hardy; locationRemarks: 3 mi northeast of Mathias; verbatimCoordinates: 38°55'N , 78°49'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 2008-5-30 / 2008-6-17 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: E. M. Barrows ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: West Virginia; county: Tucker; locality: Fernow Experimental Forest ; verbatimCoordinates: 39°03'N , 79°40'W ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Malaise trap ; eventDate: 1993-4-30 / 1993-5-10 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: K. V. Krombein ; individualCount: 5 ; lifeStage: adult ; behavior: specimens taken on trunk of dead, standing, barked samplings, trunk diam. 2"; associatedReferences: Smith, D.R. 2008. Hymenoptera (Insecta) of Plummers Island, Maryland: Symphyta and selected families of Apocrita. Bulletin of the Biological Society of Washington, 15(1): 160-167; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Maryland; county: Montgomery; locality: Plummers Island ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collected with net ; eventDate: 1971-4-11 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Geo. Steyskal ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Michigan; county: Wayne; locality: Grosse Ile ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: eventDate: 1957-5-25 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: R. W. Carlson ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Michigan; county: Washtenaw; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: eventDate: 1967-6-10 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: M. & N. Deyrup ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; behavior: collected in flight; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Indiana; county: Tippecanoe; locality: West Lafayette ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collected ; eventDate: 1970-5-5 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: M. & N. Deyrup ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; behavior: collected from branches of Acer saccharum; associatedReferences: Deyrup, M.A. 1984. A maple wood wasp, Xiphydria maculate, and its insect enemies (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae). Great Lakes Entomologist, 17: 17-28. [referred to as "Orussus sp."]; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Indiana; county: Tippecanoe; locality: West Lafayette ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: eventDate: 1981-4-16 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: M. & N. Deyrup ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; behavior: collected from branches of Acer saccharum; associatedReferences: Deyrup, M.A. 1984. A maple wood wasp, Xiphydria maculate, and its insect enemies (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae). Great Lakes Entomologist, 17: 17-28. [referred to as "Orussus sp."]; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Indiana; county: Tippecanoe; locality: West Lafayette ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Identification: identifiedBy: David R. Smith ; Event: eventDate: 1981-4-26 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Shu Ambree ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Cumberland; verbatimCoordinates: 40.22479, -76.96278; decimalLatitude: 40.22479 ; decimalLongitude: -76.96278 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-4 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Shu Ambree ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Cumberland; verbatimCoordinates: 40.22519, -76.96252; decimalLatitude: 40.22519 ; decimalLongitude: -76.96252 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-4 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Jay Bagley ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Northumberland; verbatimCoordinates: 40.87671, -76.50962; decimalLatitude: 40.87671 ; decimalLongitude: -76.50962 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-6-1 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Sam Louenwirth ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Lehigh; verbatimCoordinates: 40.45855, -75.473198; decimalLatitude: 40.45855 ; decimalLongitude: -75.473198 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2012-5-31 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Nathan Delp ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Bedford; verbatimCoordinates: 40.04287, -78.36906; decimalLatitude: 40.04287 ; decimalLongitude: -78.36906 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2012-5-15 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Fulton; verbatimCoordinates: 40.02970, -77.637133; decimalLatitude: 40.0297 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637133 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2014-7-8 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Thea Stimmler ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Chester; verbatimCoordinates: 40.6765, -75.71953; decimalLatitude: 40.6765 ; decimalLongitude: -75.71953 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2012-5-15 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Ryan Weston ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Centre; verbatimCoordinates: 41.030522, -77.98226; decimalLatitude: 41.030522 ; decimalLongitude: -77.98226 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2012-5-18 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Rick Malak ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Bradford; verbatimCoordinates: 41.81719, -76.79818; decimalLatitude: 41.81719 ; decimalLongitude: -76.79818 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2012-5-31 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Sandra Gardosik ; individualCount: 7 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Delaware; verbatimCoordinates: 39.85234, -75.40715; decimalLatitude: 39.85234 ; decimalLongitude: -75.40715 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-19 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Sandra Gardosik ; individualCount: 7 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Delaware; verbatimCoordinates: 39.85225, -75.40751; decimalLatitude: 39.85225 ; decimalLongitude: -75.40751 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-19 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Sandra Gardosik ; individualCount: 4 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Delaware; verbatimCoordinates: 39.85206, -75.40721; decimalLatitude: 39.85206 ; decimalLongitude: -75.40721 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-19 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Scott Robert ; individualCount: 4 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: York; verbatimCoordinates: 40.0295, -76.70635; decimalLatitude: 40.0295 ; decimalLongitude: -76.70635 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-7 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Scott Robert ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: York; verbatimCoordinates: 40.03012, -76.70447; decimalLatitude: 40.03012 ; decimalLongitude: -76.70447 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-22 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 9 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.93079, -77.63713; decimalLatitude: 39.93079 ; decimalLongitude: -77.63713 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-2 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.93071, -77.63803; decimalLatitude: 39.93071 ; decimalLongitude: -77.63803 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-2 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.93071, -77.63803; decimalLatitude: 39.93071 ; decimalLongitude: -77.63803 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-1 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.930837, -77.638226; decimalLatitude: 39.930837 ; decimalLongitude: -77.638226 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-2 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.930785, -77.637101; decimalLatitude: 39.930785 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637101 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-2 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.930785, -77.637101; decimalLatitude: 39.930785 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637101 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-8-1 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.930837, -77.638226; decimalLatitude: 39.930837 ; decimalLongitude: -77.638226 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-2 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.930884, -77.637928; decimalLatitude: 39.930884 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637928 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-28 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.930884, -77.637928; decimalLatitude: 39.930884 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637928 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-21 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.930884, -77.637928; decimalLatitude: 39.930884 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637928 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-19 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.93094, -77.637133; decimalLatitude: 39.93094 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637133 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-1 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.93094, -77.637133; decimalLatitude: 39.93094 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637133 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-21 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.93021, -77.638025; decimalLatitude: 39.93021 ; decimalLongitude: -77.638025 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-6-1 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.93021, -77.638025; decimalLatitude: 39.93021 ; decimalLongitude: -77.638025 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-5-2 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: L. Donovall ; individualCount: 1 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Pennsylvania; county: Franklin; verbatimCoordinates: 39.93097, -77.637695; decimalLatitude: 39.93097 ; decimalLongitude: -77.637695 ; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: samplingProtocol: Lindgren multifunnel trap ; eventDate: 2011-4-21 ; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: USNM ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: recordedBy: Anton Jansson ; individualCount: 2 ; lifeStage: adult ; Taxon: scientificName: Orussusminutus Middlekauff, 1983; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Hymenoptera; family: Orussidae; genus: Orussus; specificEpithet: minutus; scientificNameAuthorship: Middlekauff, 1983; Location: country: United States ; countryCode: US; stateProvince: Connecticut; county: New London; municipality: Groton; georeferenceProtocol: label; Event: eventDate: 17695.00 ; Record Level: institutionCode: MZLU ; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Distribution New York south to Georgia west to Manitoba, Iowa, and Arkansas. Analysis The Arkansas specimens were identified morphologically as Orussus minutus Middlekauff, 1983 (Figs 1, 2). The 16S rRNA sequence (GenBank #KM379143) was a 99.5% match with an existing O. minutus sequence (EF032174), differing by two base pairs.