Banded Velvet Ant: Male, dorsal

Banded Velvet Ant (Ephutomorpha cf sp ES02)

Class:

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

Order:

Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)

Family:

Velvet Ant (Wasp: Mutillidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Banded Velvet Ant (Ephutomorpha cf sp ES02)

This Photo:

Male, dorsal

Thank you Dr Kevin Williams for identifying and Dr Denis Brothers for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10mm long (head & body)
There seems to be very little reference material to identifiy Mutillidae family closer than family; so it's quite possible this is the same as a female we have already posted.

This species is

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

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