1 A parasitic wasp at Evatt, ACT
Identification history
| Aeschylia sp. (genus) | 11 Jul 2020 | michaelb | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Feb 2020 | TimL |
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User's notes
An historical sighting. Refer also to wasp sighting 4249259.
3 comments
TimL
wrote:
8 Jul 2020
An update on efforts to identify this insect:
Hi Tim
Thank you for your enquiry.
I’m sorry to say but this was beyond us, which I don’t often say. I thought it might have been a sawfly (pergid ) and sent it to one of our entomologists, he said “The waist between the mesosoma and metasoma (abdomen, loosely speaking) means it is not a pergid. I don't recognise it, but with those incredible scapes it should be famous. There is a long list of gall-forming wasps in the family Eurytomidae that look something like that but I could not find one with gigantic scapes like that.”
Scapes are the base of the antennae.
If you happen to capture one, could you send it to us and we can refine our identification.
Sincerely
David Bock
Manager, Search & Discover | Visitor Experience and Education
Australian Museum 1 William Street Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
Hi Tim
Thank you for your enquiry.
I’m sorry to say but this was beyond us, which I don’t often say. I thought it might have been a sawfly (pergid ) and sent it to one of our entomologists, he said “The waist between the mesosoma and metasoma (abdomen, loosely speaking) means it is not a pergid. I don't recognise it, but with those incredible scapes it should be famous. There is a long list of gall-forming wasps in the family Eurytomidae that look something like that but I could not find one with gigantic scapes like that.”
Scapes are the base of the antennae.
If you happen to capture one, could you send it to us and we can refine our identification.
Sincerely
David Bock
Manager, Search & Discover | Visitor Experience and Education
Australian Museum 1 William Street Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
michaelb
wrote:
11 Jul 2020
Roger Farrow enquired about this to a colleague, Andy Austin who know parasitic wasps. Andy asked about it O/S. His reply to Roger was: "Hi Roger, My colleague Lars Krogmann in Germany has nailed it – 'This looks like the genus Aeschylia (Pteromalidae: Ormocerinae). Most likely it is Aeschylia mira, which was described by Boucek in 1988 based on specimens from NSW and QLD. That species has a red/black coloration that exactly matches the pattern of that on your photo. The species develops in stem galls on Callistemon salignum” '.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.064058-35.213357
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 6 Dec 2015 05:09 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Aeschylia sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A parasitic wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
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