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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
	Family:	Velvet Ant (Wasp: Mutillidae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Brown-winged Velvet Ant (Dasymutillini sp ES01)
	This Photo:	Male
	Thank you Dr Kevin Williams for identifying and Dr Denis Brothers & Dr Martin Hauser for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Adult Male. Males have wings, females are wingless/flightless. When discussing someone else's wasp Kevin said "A flat abdomen rules out basically all velvet ants" & "eye shape rules out Australian velvet ants" (where the eye was somewhat narrow at the top, not round.
	Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 14-Jan-2013
This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.