Australelis anthracina

Flower wasp at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Identification history

Australelis anthracina	2 Mar 2025	DiBickers
Laeviscolia frontalis	12 Feb 2021	MichaelMulvaney
Laeviscolia frontalis	11 Feb 2021	SimoneC

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3 comments

DiBickers wrote:

1 Mar 2025

@simonc & @MichaelMulvaney I’ve recently learned of another candidate called Australelis anthracina which also has the two yellow spots on the abdomen.
Laeviscolia frontalis has yellow on the vertex in females & yellow on the pronotum in males & this specimen appears to have neither, so I’m thinking it’s likely to be Australelis anthracina which I can’t find as an option to use as a Suggestion😊

SimoneC wrote:

1 Mar 2025

Thanks @DiBickers I’ll look into it

DiBickers wrote:

2 Mar 2025

@simonc thank you😊

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Location information

Coordinates 149.051103 -34.977497
Altitude 592.6m
Places Murrumbateman, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
9 Feb 2021 03:28 PM Recorded on
SimoneC Recorded by
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SimoneC NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects

Additional information

Mentha Associated plant
12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Australelis anthracina Scientific name
Flower wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 639.9m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania