Longitude (deg): -1.3. Latitude (deg): 51.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1ð 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51ð 40' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: near base of sandy cliff. Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 3.894666666667. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.
Longitude (deg): -1.3. Latitude (deg): 51.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1ð 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51ð 40' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: near base of sandy cliff. Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 5.037666666667. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.
Longitude (deg): -1.3. Latitude (deg): 51.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1ð 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51ð 40' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: near base of sandy cliff. Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 5.503333333333. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.
Longitude (deg): -1.3. Latitude (deg): 51.6. Longitude (deg/min): 1ð 20' W. Latitude (deg/min): 51ð 40' N. Vice county name: Berks. Vice county no.: 22. Country: England. Stage: Imago. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: near base of sandy cliff. Category: macro-photograph. Real world width(mm): 5.334. Photographic equipment used: Specimens directly scanned on Black Widow 9630 SP flatbed scanner.
Velevet ants (Mutillidae) are Idiobiontic parasitoids, as they prevent further development of the host after initially immobilizing it, and, almost without exception, develop outside the host. Phylum: Arthropoda LATREILLE; 1829 (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MATYNOV, 1923Order: Hymenoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (bees, ants & wasps, Hautflgler)Suborder: Apocrita (Taillenwespen)Superfamily: Vespoidea (wasps & ants)Family: Mutillidae LATREILLE; 1802 (velvet ants, Ameisenwespen)Subfamily:MutillinaeGenus: Smicromyrme THOMSON, 1870Smicromyrme rufipes FABRICIUS, 1787 (Small Velvet Ant, Rotbeinige Spinnenameise)[det. Bohne, 2016, based on this photo]Germany, Berlin: Park Hasenheide, 30-50m asl., 12.06.2014 more info (German): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotbeinige_SpinnenameiseIMG_4824