Monomachus antipodalis at Black Range, NSW

A parasitic wasp at Black Range, NSW

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Identification history

	Monomachus antipodalis	29 May 2020	KimPullen
	Unidentified	26 May 2020	StephH

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I'm guessing this one is a mayfly but don't know even the family to look in. It was about 25 mm long. Looks like a photo of an unidentified individual on page p 63 of Roger Farrow's Insects of SE Australia, 2016.

7 comments

jgl wrote:

26 May 2020

Hymenoptera

KerriLee wrote:

26 May 2020

very cool wasp Steph! ... not one I recognise but I'll see if I can find it

StephH wrote:

27 May 2020

Oh yes, I should have thought of wasps! Much more likely than a mayfly on Black Range in this drought! Thanks Kerri-Lee. I'll keep looking too.

KerriLee wrote:

27 May 2020

I think it is Monomachus antipodalis ... apparently a common species in Canberra. A match, do you think? https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Species/29907 I'd like to wait to hear from Kim before confirming it to species level.

StephH wrote:

27 May 2020

Thanks Kerri-Lee. Certainly looks like that wasp. I'm not good at insects and there are so many species that look superficially similar, so I'm very grateful to have this help with ID.

KimPullen wrote:

29 May 2020

These wasps are parasitoids of the Wingless soldier fly, Boreoides subulatus.

JackieMiles wrote:

30 May 2020

Nifty. I've added these images to the ID pages, and the info about parasitising B. subulatus.

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