Subspecies Paragia decipiens decipiens Shuckard, 1838
- Paragia decipiens Shuckard, W.E. 1838. Descriptions of new exotic aculeate Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2: 68-82 pl. viii [82 pl. viii fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Lachlan River (Coopers Bridge), Lake Hattah and Adelaide.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: mellivore, sedentary, soil dweller.
General References
Naumann, I.D. & Cardale, J.C. 1987. Notes on the behaviour and nests of an Australian masarid wasp Paragia (Paragia) decipiens decipiens Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea: Masaridae). Australian Entomological Magazine 13(5–6): 59-65 [Date published 02/87] (biology, nest)
Richards, O.W. 1968. New records and new species of Australian Masaridae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 101-104 [102] (locality, behaviour)
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] [391] (description of male)
History of changes
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