Aeschylia sp. (genus)

1 A parasitic wasp at Evatt, ACT

Aeschylia sp. (genus) at Evatt, ACT - 6 Dec 2015 05:09 PM
Aeschylia sp. (genus) at Evatt, ACT - 6 Dec 2015 05:09 PM
Aeschylia sp. (genus) at Evatt, ACT - 6 Dec 2015 05:09 PM
Aeschylia sp. (genus) at Evatt, ACT - 6 Dec 2015 05:09 PM
Aeschylia sp. (genus) at Evatt, ACT - 6 Dec 2015 05:09 PM
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Aeschylia sp. (genus) 11 Jul 2020 MichaelBedingfield
Unverified 12 Feb 2020 TimL

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MichaelBedingfield noted:

11 Jul 2020

A rare and unusual parasitic wasp. See comments.

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An historical sighting. Refer also to wasp sighting 4249259.

3 comments

   13 Feb 2020
Good pics. I'd like to know a name for that type of antennae!
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
   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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