The Cerdistus-Neoitamus complex includes many similar looking species in which the females have laterally compressed ovipositors. Bodylengths of Tasmanian species range from around 9 to 23mm.
Pending ID – Cerdistus-Neoitamus complex
Female
Mid December 2011
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
Laying eggs into a sandy path.
Female
Mid January 2012
Mount Wellington
Bodylength ~14mm
Female
Late December 2012
Mount Wellington
Appearing to be ovipositing in galled wood.
Mid December 2016
Peter Murrell Reserve, Blackmans Bay
cf. Neoitamus hyalipennis (female)
Late December & Mid November
The largest female in the Cerdistus-Neoitamus complex with bodylength up to 23mm.
Female
Early January 2015
Sisters Beach
Female
Mid January 2015
Rocky Cape National Park, Sisters Beach
Males
Early January 2013
Sisters Beach
Two individuals.
Male
Mid January 2015
Rocky Cape National Park, Sisters Beach
Male
Late December 2015
Buckland
Resting on a sandy track.
Male
Mid December 2016
Peter Murrell Reserve, Blackmans Bay
With scarab beetle prey.
Female
Mid February 2017
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart.
Male
Late February 2018
Knocklofty Reserve, Hobart
With Ant
Male
Mid January 2019
Sisters Beach
Female
Early January 2020
Styx Valley
Female
Early January 2020
Styx Valley
Cerdistus sp.
Female
Early January 2020
Arthur River
Identification thanks to asiola.
Cerdistus
Male
early January 2022
Tarraleah
Identification thanks to Chris Cohen
Late January 2022
Dial Ranges, Penguin
Early January 2023
Sisters Beach
