Species Paragia sobrina Smith, 1869

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paragia sobrina Smith, F. 1869. Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869: 301-311 pl. vi [309].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.18.10 ♀ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Champion Bay, WA.
• Paragia excellens Smith, F. 1869. Descriptions of new genera and species of exotic Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869: 301-311 pl. vi [309].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.18.11 ♀ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Swan River, WA (not Champion Bay as given in original description).

  Type locality 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].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [75]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Champion Bay, Southern Cross, Swan River, Galena and near Emu Rock, 53 km E of Hyden (32°27'S 119°25'E).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, volant.

Larva: mellivore, sedentary, soil dweller.

 

History of changes

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