Species Ampulex compressa (Fabricius, 1781)

Museums

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• Sphex compressus Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [445].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Malabar.
• Ampulex sinensis Saussure, H. de 1867. Hymenoptera. In, Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 den unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Wien : K-K Hof- und Staatsdrückerei Vol. 2(1a) 138 pp. [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♂, Hong Kong, China.
• Chlorampulex striolata Saussure, H. de 1892. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. in Grandidier, A. (1890–1892) Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar. Paris : Imprimerie Nationaleue Vol. 20 xxi 590 pp. [446].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG ♀, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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: volant.

Larva: predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Nest in stems or crevices, prey Blattodea.

General References

Krombein, K.V. 1979. Biosystematic studies of Ceylonese wasps, A monograph of the Ampulicidae (Hymenoptera: Sphecoidea). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 298: 1-29 (redescription, biology)

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. (generic placement)

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