Pale-legged Gasteruptiid Wasp
Male, dorsal
Ellura
Pale-legged Gasteruptiid Wasp
Male, face
 
                      
Pale-legged Gasteruptiid Wasp (Gasteruption sp ES07)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Gasteruptiid Wasp (Wasp: Gasteruptiidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Pale-legged Gasteruptiid Wasp (Gasteruption sp ES07)
This Photo:     🔍Male, profile🔎

Thank you Dr Ben Parslow for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Male, ~12mm long & ~12mm wingspan. These are unusual ratios, with the wingspan normally being quite a bit larger than the head & body length.
Found in Melaleuca lanceolata flowers during the day.
Normally they are very hard to see but the blackness of it's body contrasted with the white Melaleuca flowers.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Mar-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.