Species Cerceris froggatti Turner, 1912
- Cerceris froggatti Turner, R.E. 1912. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Cerceris. (Hymenoptera.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 36: 644-678 [668].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Rockhampton, QLD.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.
General References
Evans, H.E. 1982. The genus Cerceris in eastern Australia (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 107: 299-380 [326] (redescription, distribution)
Evans, H.E. & Hook, A.W. 1982. Communal nesting in Australian Cerceris Digger Wasps. pp. 159-163 in Breed, M.D., Michener, C.D. & Evans, H.E. (eds). The Biology of Social Insects. Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects, Boulder, Colorado, August 1982. Boulder : Westview Press 419 pp. (biology)
Tsuneki, K. 1968. On some Cerceris from Australia, with a tentative key to the Australian species (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Etizenia 28: 1-32 (description of male possibly belonging to this species)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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03-May-2012 | 03-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
07-Aug-2012 | 13-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |