Species Abispa (Abispa) australiana (Mitchell, 1838)
- Vespa (Abispa) australiana Mitchell, T.L. 1838. Three Expeditions into the Interior of eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 1 [xxiv] 351 pp. 21pls. [104].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Karaula River, NSW. - Abispa australis Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collections of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London : British Museum pp. 1-147. [42].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 18.237 ♀ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham; a male according to Meade-Waldo 1910, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 5: 49), Port Essington, NT. - Abispa splendida australis Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collections of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London : British Museum pp. 1-147.
Type data:
Status unknown, AM(MMUS) Numbers not provided Male, Listed only as "New Holland" (Australia) [Lat/Long not provided].
Generic Combinations
- Abispa (Abispa) australiana (Mitchell, 1838). —
Bridwell, J.C. 1919. Miscellaneous notes on Hymenoptera. With descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 4: 109-165
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
Published localities: "Karaula River", Port Essington, Darwin, Litchfield, Kakadu National Park, Katherine Gorge National Park, 'Daly'.
IBRA
NSW, NT: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Mud nest, prey larval Lepidoptera.
General References
Borsato, W. 1996. Terzo contributo alla conoscenza degli Eumenidae Australiani. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 127(3): 213-226 [published 29 Feb. 1996; publication dated 1995]
Borsato, W. 2003. Studies on Australian Eumenidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). pp. 511-565 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. I. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 35, 565 pp.
Bridwell, J.C. 1919. Miscellaneous notes on Hymenoptera. With descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 4: 109-165 (taxonomy)
van der Vecht, J. 1960. On Abispa and some other Eumenidae from the Australian region (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 6: 91-115 (taxonomy)