Aeschylia sp. (genus)

1 A parasitic wasp at Evatt, ACT

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Identification history

	Aeschylia sp. (genus)	11 Jul 2020	michaelb
	Unidentified	2 Feb 2020	TimL

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An historical sighting of a very small wasp. Refer also to wasp sighting 4249819.

5 comments

michaelb wrote:

4 Feb 2020

Hi Tim
Have you been able to find a genus or family that resembles this one?

TimL wrote:

5 Feb 2020

Hi Michael. Not so far. The insect is not in any of the reference material I have. Will keep searching. Tim

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

Roger wrote:

8 Jul 2020

From the reduced venation, large scape and size >5mm, I think it might be Platygasteridae/Sceliotrachelinae - perhaps Platygastoides sp?
Jane Wright for Roger Williams

TimL wrote:

9 Jul 2020

Thanks for the comment Jane and Roger. I'll look into this. Tim

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