Species Bembix atrifrons Smith, 1856
- Bembex atrifrons Smith, F. 1856. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV, Sphegidae, Larridae and Crabronidae. London : British Museum pp. 207-497. [327].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 21.1,694 ♀, Swan River, WA. - Bembex flavilabris Smith, F. 1873. Descriptions of new species of fossorial Hymenoptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 12: 291-300, 402-415 [299].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 21.1,695 ♀, WA. - Bembex funebris Turner, R.E. 1910. Additions to our knowledge of the fossorial wasps of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 253-356 [353].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 21.1,696 ♂, South Perth, WA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Systematics and nesting behavior of Australian Bembix sand wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 20: iv, 1-387 [Date published 31/12/1973] [154]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
S of Tropic of Capricorn, mainly in the dry interior.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
Prey adult Diptera (Tachinidae).
General References
Kifune, T. & Hirashima, Y. 1987. Three new species of the genus Paraxenos (Strepsiptera; Stylopidae) parasitic on Bembix (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Sri Lanka and Australia in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Notulae Strepsipterologicae—XVII. Esakia 25: 155-160 (stylopid parasite Paraxenos occidentalis)
McCorquodale, D.B. & Thomson, C.E. 1989. The prey of some Australian sphecid wasps (Hymenoptera). Australian Entomological Magazine 16(4): 93-97 [95] (prey)
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) |