Genus Metaparagia Meade-Waldo, 1911

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• Metaparagia Meade-Waldo, G. 1911. Notes on the family Masaridae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 8: 747-750 [748].

  Type species:

   Paragia pictifrons Smith, 1857 by original designation.
• Riekia Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [54].

  Type species:

   Riekia nocatunga Richards, 1962 by original designation.
• Rolandia Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [57].

  Type species:

   Paragia maculata Meade-Waldo, 1910 by original designation.
• Ammoparagia Snelling, R.R. 1986. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some Australian Paragiine wasps (Hymenoptera: Masaridae). Contributions in Science. Los Angeles 378: 1-19 [Date published 03/09/86] [2].

  Type species:

   Ammoparagia hua Snelling, 1986 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carpenter, J.M. 1997. Generic classification of the Australian Pollen Wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae; Masarinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69(4 (supplement)): 384-400 [Date published 15/01/97] [397]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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