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tony_d

Date

April 5, 2015 04:35 PM AEST

Description

Callibracon nr. flaviceps. Typical (mainland) forms of this species have the head yellowish, marked above with a large forwardly directed blotch, and the body, legs and metasoma (abdomen) black with the latter marked with pale yellow. Apart from the distinctive head markings C. flaviceps is also notable for having the pronotal anterior transverse groove and the second metasomal suture crenulate. The wasp here perhaps represents a Tasmanian variety, differing to the typical form in the head more orange, the head blotch slightly more extensive laterally (ie touching the eyes), and the pale metasomal markings without any yellow colour.

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