Species Cryptocheilus australis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pompilus australis Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1838. Insectes. ch. xiii. pp. 57-302 in Lesson, M. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. ii Pt 2 Div. 1. [Date published 31/12/1838] [publication date established Bequaert, J.C. 1926. The date of publication of the Hymenoptera and Diptera described by Guérin in Duperrey's "Voyage de La Coquille". Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 186–195 [192]] [260].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG 1♀, 1♂, NSW, Sydney (as Port Jackson, Nouvelle–Hollande).

Generic Combinations

• Heterodontonyx australis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838). —
  Haupt, H. 1935. Psammocharidae. pp. 306–321 in Schulthess-Rechberg, A. von. Hymenoptera aus den Sundainseln und Nordaustralien (mit Ausschluss der Blattwespen, Schlupfwespen und Ameisen). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 42: 293-323 [In German] [309] (new combinaiton, description, figure)
• Cryptocheilus australis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838). —
  Harris, A.C. 1987. Fauna of New Zealand. Number 12. Pompilidae. Auckland, New Zealand : DSIR 160 pp. [25] (new combination, description, figures, biology, distribution (New Zealand), notes)
• Cryptochilus (Prionocnemis) australis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838). —
  Schulz, W.A. 1906. Spolia Hymenopterologica. Paderborn : Pape iii 356 pp. 1 pl. [Date published 31/12/1906] [166] (new combination, status as senior secondary homonym of Cryptochilus (Prionocnemis) australis Holmberg, 1903)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand (North Island).

Ecological Descriptors

Prey records: Dolomedes minor Koch, 1872; Dolomedes aquaticus Goyen, 1888; Dolomedes spp. (Pisauridae) (Harris, 1999:157) Adult food sources: Leptospermum scoparium Forst. & Forst. (Myrtaceae); Pastinaca sativa L. (Apiaceae) (Harris, 1987:28 and Harris, 1999:157); Gomphocarpus physocarpus E. Mey. (Asclepiadaceae) (Forster, 1994:215)

General References

Forster, P.I. 1994. Diurnal Insects Associated with the Flowers of Gomphocarpus physocarpus E. Mey. (Asclepiadaceae), an Introduced Weed in Australia. Biotropica 26(2): 214–217 [215] (Cryptocheilus australis: note)

Froggatt, W.W. 1892. Catalogue of the described Hymenoptera of Australia. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7: 205-248 [Date published 31/12/1892] [212] (Pompilus australis: catalogue)

Guiglia, D. 1948. I tipi di Imenotteri Guerin esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 63: 175–191 [In Italian] [178] (Pompilus australis)

Guiglia, D. & Pasteels, J. 1961. Aggiunte ed osservazioni all'elenco delle species di imenotteri descritte da Guerin–Meneville che si trovano nelle collezioni del museu di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 72: 17–20 [In Italian] [9] (Pompilus australis: notes on the type (in Italian))

Harris, A.C. 1987. Fauna of New Zealand. Number 12. Pompilidae. Auckland, New Zealand : DSIR 160 pp. (adult food sources)

Harris, A.C. 1999. The life histories and nesting behaviour of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) in New Zealand, a comparitive study. Species Diversity 4: 143–235 [143–158, 223, 226, 229–232] (Cryptocheilus australis: notes, list, biology, figures)

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