Rounded Grasshopper Wasp: S1, Male, Wing Venation

Rounded Grasshopper Wasp (Prionyx globosus)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)

Family:

Mud Dauber & Sand Wasp (Wasp: Sphecidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Rounded Grasshopper Wasp (Prionyx globosus)

This Photo:

🔍S1, Male, Wing Venation🔎

Thank you Fauna_Mirifica for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~13mm long Male.
Notice the 2 lobes on it's foot claws. Prionyx translates to "Saw Claws"; "Prion" = "Saw" & "onyx" = claw.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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