Braconid Mimic Longhorn
S1, dorsal
Ellura
Braconid Mimic Longhorn
S1, Wing venation
 
                 
Braconid Mimic Longhorn (Proagapete carissima)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Beetles (Coleoptera)
Family: Longhorn Beetle (Cerambycidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Braconid Mimic Longhorn (Proagapete carissima)
This Photo:     🔍S1, profile🔎
Other name: Braconoid Wasp Mimic Longicorn Beetle

Thank you Samuel Westbrook (SamWesty) for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line:
~20mm long body, with the antenna an additional ~20mm.
We asked Samuel if there was a way to separate the genders. He replied "The original description was based on only one specimen and does not mention the difference between sexes. Slipinski and Escalona 2016 say that sexual dimorphism is not apparent in the genus, so I'd say there is no reliable way to determine sex for this genus"

Similar Species: Red Braconid Wasp (Braconidae sp ES01)

Copyright © 2016-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 02-Nov-2016
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.