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wasp

Description:

Unidentified medium bodied wasp with a velvety orange abdomen.

Habitat:

Spotted in a large semi-urban yard & garden situated next to a disturbed patch of remnant forest.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Phil_S
Phil_S 11 years ago
Fire-Tailed Mud-Nesting Wasp
Anterhynchium sp. Fire-tailed Mud-nesting Wasp 1 - ? Anterhynchium sp.


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5 Comments

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Thanks António!

Great capture S Frazier,congrats and thanks for sharing

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Thanks Phil S for the suggestion. I looked at the images and while it may be Anterhynchium sp., I don't think it is "that" Anterhynchium sp. This is owing to the fact that "mine" has a more constricted first/black abdominal segment with the abdomen being (American) football-shaped. The specimen from Australia has a tapered but more cylindrical abdomen. I consulted the Checklist of Vespid Species Occurring in the Indonesian Archipelago which listed four Anterhynchium sp. for Papua. I only found images for two of the species and they had yellow patches on them...

Scott Frazier
Scott Frazier 11 years ago

Thanks Alice!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

That is a beauty!

Scott Frazier
Spotted by
Scott Frazier

Indonesia

Spotted on Mar 2, 2013
Submitted on Mar 2, 2013

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