Species Metaparagia nocatunga (Richards, 1962)
- Riekia nocatunga Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [55].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀ adult, 7 miles N of Nockatunga, QLD (in original description as Nocatunga, NSW).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Nockatunga, Kondar, Southwood National Park, St George, Bourke and Cobar area.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: mellivore, sedentary, soil dweller.
General References
Gess, F.W. 1995. Descriptions of the male of Riekia nocatunga Richards, the male and two strikingly distinct sympatric colour forms of Riekia confluens (Snelling) and the male of Rolandia angulata (Richards) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae) from Australia. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 4: 33-40 [33] (description of male)
Richards, O.W. 1968. New records and new species of Australian Masaridae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 101-104 [101] (flower record, locality)
History of changes
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