Orange-faced Flower Wasp: Male, profile

Orange-faced Flower Wasp (Belothynnus cf impetuosus)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)

Family:

Flower Wasp (Wasp:Thynnidae:Thynninae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Orange-faced Flower Wasp (Belothynnus cf impetuosus)

This Photo:

🔍Male, profile🔎

Synonym:

Thynnoides impetuosus

Thank you Dr Graham Brown for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line
2nd Record in SA on Atlas:
~23mm long.
Black with almost no markings except on the face. The apparant brown 'u' shape on the top of the thorax appears to be dirt/sand; possibly hair.
Graham said "It could be Belothynnus impetuosus but cannot tell for the photos."

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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