Species Larra femorata (Saussure, 1855)
- Tachytes femoratus Saussure, H. de 1855. Mélanges hyménoptérologiques. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève 14: 1-67 [20].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MHNG ♂, Australia (as New Holland). - Larra scelesta 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 [474].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Mackay, QLD and Adelaide River, NT.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Turner, R.E. 1916. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XX. On some Larrinae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 17: 248-259 [251]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Tas: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: ectoparasitic.
Extra Ecological Information
Prey Orthoptera (Gryllotalpidae), no nest constructed.
General References
Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley : Univ. California Press ix 695 pp. (generic placement)
Williams, F.X. 1928. Studies in tropical wasps — their hosts and associates (with descriptions of new species). Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 19: 1-179 (biology)
History of changes
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| 11-May-2012 | 11-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-May-2012 | 03-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 13-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |