Species Ceropales (Priesnerius) ligea Bingham, 1903

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• Ceropales ligea Bingham, C.T. 1903. Diagnoses of aculeate Hymenoptera. In, Annandale, N. & Robinson, H.C. (Eds.). Fasciculi Malayensis. Zoology. Part I. Liverpool : Univ. Press Appendix pp. iii–vii. [v].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH B. M. Type Hym. 19.772 ♀ (Móczár gave the collection number of the specimen as 19.772 in 1985 and 18772 in 1989), Malaysia: Sungkei.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Móczár, L. 1985. Ceropalidae from Sri Lanka (Hymenoptera). Acta Universitatis Szegediensis Acta Biologica 31: 43–47 [45] (incorrectly designated as holotype).

Introduction

Waichert et al. (2021) transferred this species from its previous placement in the subgenus Ceropales (Ceropales) based on molecular data.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Burma (= Myanmar), India , Indonesia, Malaysia , Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan.

Ecological Descriptors

Prey records: Thomisidae (Araneae) via Telostegus socius (Evans, 1972) (Evans & Matthews, 1973:50)

General References

Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758–1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488 [Date published 31/12/1966] [319] (Ceropales ligea: catalogue, distribution (Philippines))

Banks, N. 1934. The Psammocharidae of the Philippines. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69: 1–117 [114] (Ceropales ligea: distribution (Philippines))

Bingham, C.T. 1906. Report on the Aculeate Hymenoptera. pp. 19–60 in Annandale, N. & Robinson, H.C. (Eds.). Fasciculi Malayensis. Zoology. Part III. London : Williams & Norgate. [41] (Ceropales ligea: catalogue, distribution (Myanmar), figures)

Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1973. Behavioural observations on some Australian spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 125(1): 45–55 [50] (Ceropales ligea: biology)

Matthews, R.W. & Matthews, J.R. 1978. Insect Behaviour. New York : John Wiley & Sons xvi + 507 pp. [141] (Ceropales ligea: figure (oviposition), note)

Móczár, L. 1985. Ceropalidae from Sri Lanka (Hymenoptera). Acta Universitatis Szegediensis Acta Biologica 31: 43–47 [44] (Ceropales ligea: description, distribution (World), notes, type designation)

Móczár, L. 1989. Revision of the helvetica–group of the genus Ceropales Latreille (Hym., Ceropalidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 39(1): 9–61 [36] (Ceropales ligea: description, distribution (World), synonymy)

Tsuneki, K. 1988. Pompilidae recently collected in the Philippines. Special Publication, Japan Hymenopterists Association 34: 1–62 [54] (Ceropales ligea: description, distribution (Philippines), figures)

Tsuneki, K. 1989. A study of the Pompilidae of Taiwan (Hymenoptera). Special Publication, Japan Hymenopterists Association 35: 1–180 [153] (Ceropales (Ceropales) ligea: description, notes)

Turner, R.E. 1910. Additions to our knowledge of the fossorial Hymenoptera of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 253–356 [339] (Ceropales ligea: description, distribution (Myanmar and Australia))

Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J., Lelej, A., von Dohlen, C. & Pitts, J. 2021. Revealing diagnostic characters through morphological evolution in cleptoparasitic spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae, Ceropales). Zoologica Scripta 51: 365–380

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