Banded Velvet Ant
Male, dorsal
Banded Velvet Ant
Male, profile
| Banded Velvet Ant Male, dorsal | | Banded Velvet Ant Male, profile | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Velvet Ant (Wasp: Mutillidae) | ||||
| Species: | Banded Velvet Ant (Ephutomorpha cf sp ES2) | ||||
| This Photo: | Male, wing venation & ventral | ||||
Thank you Dr Kevin Williams for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere Normally the females are the only velvet ants seen, not because of rarity but probably because they are flightless. However, the odd male (as here) is occationally photographed. There seems to be very little reference material to identifiy Mutillidae family closer than family; so it's quite possible this is the same as a female we have already posted. About 10mm long (head & body) | |||||
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