White Flank Black Braconid wasp

Callibracon capitator

Callibracon is a genus of wasps in the family Braconidae.
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Appearance

Callibracon capitator has a reddish head, all black thorax, and gaster with large white membranous regions either side early and the later segments banded white. The wings are dark and the females have their ovipositors just longer than their abdomen.
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Naming

Fabricius 1775
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Distribution

Australia and Tasmania
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Behavior

Braconid wasp’s larvae are parasitic and most caterpillars are targeted host’s but several species are also known to parasitise concealed beetle, fly and sawfly larvae.
The larvae of this wasp is known to parasite on Longicorn beetle larvae.

Predators

parasitized by
Eurytoma descartesi Girault 1925

References:

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https://sites.google.com/site/insectsoftasmaniahymenoptera2/suborder-apocrita--terebrant/braconidae/genus-callibracon/callibracon-capitator
https://eol.org/pages/13801068
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyBraconidae
GenusCallibracon
SpeciesCallibracon capitator
Photographed in
Australia