Species Paragia calida Smith, 1865
- Paragia calida Smith, F. 1865. Descriptions of some new species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the families Thynnidae, Masaridae, and Apidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 2: 389-399 [Date published 31/12/1865] [392].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.18.8 ♂ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Champion Bay, WA.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Lake Hattah*, Adelaide and Champion Bay.
IBRA
SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), 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 [142] (note on type)
Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [74] (redescription)
Richards, O.W. 1968. New records and new species of Australian Masaridae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 101-104 [103] (description of female, possibly this species, from Lake Hattah)
History of changes
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