Species Austrogorytes browni (Turner, 1936)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Arpactus browni Turner, R.E. 1936. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XLV. On new sphecid wasps from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 18: 533-545 [540].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Dedari, 40 miles west Coogardie, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Bohart, R.M. 1984. A revision of the genus Austrogorytes Bohart (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 391-412 [395].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, volant.

Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Prey Hemiptera.

 

General References

Bohart, R.M. 1967. New genera of Gorytini (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Nyssoninae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 43: 155-161 (generic placement)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-May-2012		03-May-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		13-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)