Metallic Blue Parasitic Wasp:

Class:

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

Order:

Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)

Family:

Parasitic Wasp (Wasp: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Metallic Blue Parasitic Wasp (Eusandalum sp ES01)

This Photo:

Thank you (ChalcidJyY) for identifying, Jeong Yoo for confirming and Dr Ken Walker & Graeme Cocks† for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
(ChalcidJyR) said "This belongs to previous Exosandalum a genus that have been synonymised with Eusandalum, but could be soon reinstated. Parascrobal area are raised, like Eusandalum. But antennae are inserted high on head and exceed by at least half their length the top of frontal crests, flagellum in both sexes thin filiform. The species is close to E. compressiscapus (Girault)."

This species is

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

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