Species Paragia hirsuta Meade-Waldo, 1911
- Paragia hirsuta Meade-Waldo, G. 1911. Notes on the family Masaridae (Hymenoptera), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 8: 747-750 [749].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.18.18 ♂ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Cairns, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Cairns and Brisbane.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: mellivore, sedentary, soil dweller.
General References
Hacker, H. 1915. Notes on the genus Megachile and some rare insects collected during 1913–14. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 3: 137-141 [Date published 31/12/1915] [140] (locality)
Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [72] (redescription)
History of changes
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