Species Chalybion bengalense (Dahlbom, 1845)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pelopoeus bengalensis Dahlbom, A.G. 1845. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia; formis typicis nonnullis specierum generumve exoticorum aut extraneorum propter nexum systematicum associatis; per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. I. Sphex in sensu Linneano. Lund : Lundberg, Berolini Vol. 1 528 pp. (1843: 1-172; 1844: 173-352;). [433].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMLU ♀, India.

  Subsequent designation references:

  van der Vecht, J. 1961. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea Fabriciana. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 48: 1-85 [41].
• Sphex violaceus Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [346] [junior homonym; Sphex violaceus Scopoli, 1763].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC ♀, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.

  Subsequent designation references:

  van der Vecht, J. 1961. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea Fabriciana. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 48: 1-85 [41].
• Pelopoeus convexus Smith, F. 1876. Preliminary notice of new species of Hymenoptera, Diptera, and Forficulidae collected in the Island of Rodriguez by the naturalists accompanying the Transit-of-Venus Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 17: 447-451 [449].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Rodrigues Island, Mascarenes.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kohl, F.F. 1918. Die Hautflüglergruppe "Sphecinae". iv. Teil. Die natürliche Gattung Sceliphron Klug (Pelopoeus Kirby). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 32: 1-171 [54]
• Hensen, R.V. 1988. Revision of the nominate subgenus Chalybion Dahlbom (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 13-64 [51] (synonymised Pelopoeus convexus Smith, 1876)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Cairns, Townsville, Cape York, Berrimah, Darwin, Daly River Mission and Wyndham, also Pacific Ocean Islands.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: arboreal, predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Prey spiders, nest in pre-existing cavity.

 

General References

Hensen, R.V. 1988. Revision of the nominate subgenus Chalybion Dahlbom (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 131: 13-64 [51] (redescription, distribution)

Sudheendrakumar, V.V. & Narendran, T.C. 1989. Biology and behaviour of Chalybion bengalense (Dahlbom) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Entomon 14(1–2): 147-152 (biology in India)

Sudheendrakumar, V.V. & Narendran, T.C. 1989. Biology of the immature stages of Chalybion bengalense (Dahlbom) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Entomon 14(3–4): 177-181 (immature stages)

Williams, F.X. 1928. The natural history of a Philippine nipa house with descriptions of new wasps. Philippine Journal of Science 35: 53-118 (biology: as violacea)

 

History of changes

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