Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs WaspsAbispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor Delta latreillei Delta philantes Eumeninae Fabriogenia sp Liris (Wasp) Mutillidae Mud Nests and Potter Wasps Orchid Dupe Wasp Paralastor (Potter Wasp) Pison Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Sceliphron laetum Sphex (Wasp) Tachytes sp Thynnid Flower Wasps Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) Velvet Ants Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis)
The following identified as a member of the genus Tachytes (family Crabronidae). It was found drowned in a pool in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Whilst the green eyes are a distinctive feature of the genus Tachytes, not all species in the genus have the green eyes. Crabronidae wasps build nests and stock them with paralysed prey such as insects to feed their young.
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- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Apoidea
- Informal: Spheciformes
- Family: Crabronidae
- Subfamily: Crabroninae
- Genus: Tachytes
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Ken Walker and Kit Prendergast for ID, members of Bee Aware of Your Native Bees (Australia) and The Buzz on Wild Bees, Facebook groups.
- Genus Tachytes, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/327093352
- Tachytes Panzer, 1806, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Tachytes
Alice Springs WaspsAbispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor Delta latreillei Delta philantes Eumeninae Fabriogenia sp Liris (Wasp) Mutillidae Mud Nests and Potter Wasps Orchid Dupe Wasp Paralastor (Potter Wasp) Pison Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Sceliphron laetum Sphex (Wasp) Tachytes sp Thynnid Flower Wasps Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) Velvet Ants Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis)
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