Species Cerceris praedura Turner, 1908
- Cerceris praedura Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi [472].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀♂, Mackay, QLD. - Cerceris koala Tsuneki, K. 1968. On some Cerceris from Australia, with a tentative key to the Australian species (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Etizenia 28: 1-32 [17].
Type data:
Holotype USNM ♀, Prince of Wales Island, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Evans, H.E. 1982. The genus Cerceris in eastern Australia (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 107: 299-380 [372]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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 [372] (redescription, distribution)
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 (redescription)
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) |