Thread-waisted Wasp
Face
Ellura
Orange-tailed Digger Wasp
S1, Female, dorsal
 
                      
Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila sp)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Mud Dauber & Sand Wasp (Wasp: Sphecidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila sp)
This Photo:     🔍Ventral🔎

Thank you Bernhard Jacobi for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~28mm long.
These have been considered to be Parapsammophila eremophila for a while. However, we were concerned that there were two different forms; one with black feet and one (like here) with orange feet. We found the original description only to find it's described as "Entirely Black", with different wing colour, etc. Also, it was only known from near Alice Springs, and was shorter at 24-25mm.
As such, taken the original descriptions genus, as well as Bernhard's suggestion, and id'ed this one as Ammophila sp.
Hopefully one day a species name might be found for them.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 28-Jan-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.