Species Metaparagia maculata (Meade-Waldo, 1910)
- Paragia maculata Meade-Waldo, G. 1910. New species of Diploptera in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 5: 30-51 [Jan. 1910] [32].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.18.23 ♀ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), WA.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Yallingup, Perth and Yanchep.
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: mellivore, sedentary, soil dweller.
General References
Bequaert, J.C. 1928. A study of certain types of diplopterous wasps in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 2: 138-176 [143] (note on type)
Houston, T.F. 1995. Notes on the ethology of Rolandia maculata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae), a pollen wasp with a psammophore. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17(3): 343-349 (biology, nest, behaviour)
Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [57] (redescription)
History of changes
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