Small Cuckoo Wasp
Antenna in Facial Indent
Sand Wasp
Female, dorsal, In Flight
| Small Cuckoo Wasp Antenna in Facial Indent | | Sand Wasp Female, dorsal, In Flight | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Cuckoo Wasp (Wasp: Chrysididae) | ||||
| Species: | Small Cuckoo Wasp (Primeuchroeus sp) | ||||
| This Photo: | Outer abdomen + Ovipositor | ||||
Thank you Villu Soon for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found in the Adelaide Hills and possibly elsewhere These are under 10mm. Other visually similar genera are Chrysis, similar size, & Stilbum, which is closer to 20mm. Villu said "Primeuchroeus has no teeth at the end of metasoma (Chrysis usually has 4 or 6 teeth but other character states are also possible). Primeuchroeus has characteristically curved lower edge of mesopleura. Frontal carina is also typical for Primeuchrous. Radial vein of forewing is usually widely opened in Primeuchroeus but it is not well visible in these photos." | |||||
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