Unid'ed Zebra Spider Wasp
S2
Ellura
Unid'ed Zebra Spider Wasp
S2
 
                      
Unid'ed Zebra Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Zebra Spider Wasp (Wasp: Pompilidae: Pompilinae)
Species: Unid'ed Zebra Spider Wasp (Turneromyia sp ES01)
This Photo:     S2

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere
There are 2 very similar, visually, genera of Zebra Spider Wasps that need wing venation shots to separate; Turneromyia and Ctenostegus sp. They are both shown here & in the sub-family Pompilinae.
We also have 3 separate Turneromyia species that Paul, Kerri-Lee & Tony have separated out for us.
You can see by Paul's detailed explanations of the diagnostic features how important VERY detailed photo's of most aspects of these wasps is required to get to species level id.
But have put them here to show how difficult it is to id to species with so many invert's.

Similar Species: Black Sand-dauber Wasp (Crabronidae sp)

Copyright © 2013-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 30-Jan-2013
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.