Orange-headed Red Braconid Wasp: S2, Female, profile

Orange-headed Red Braconid Wasp (Vipiellus sp ES01)

Class:

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

Order:

Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)

Family:

Parasitic Wasp (Wasp:Ichneumonoidea:Braconidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Orange-headed Red Braconid Wasp (Vipiellus sp ES01)

This Photo:

🔍S2, Female, profile🔎

Thank you Kerri-Lee Harris for identifying and Dr Gideon Pisanty for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~9mm long.
Originally thought to be Callibracon based on the very characteristic colour pattern, wing venation, head and body shape.

This species is

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

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