Species Paragia odyneroides Smith, 1850

Museums

Regional Maps

• Paragia odyneroides Smith, F. 1850. Descriptions of two new species of exotic Hymenoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2 1: 41-42 pl. v [42 pl. v fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.18.20 ♂ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Hunter River, NSW.
• Paragia bidens Saussure, H. de 1855. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. Troisième Partie comprenant la Monographie des Masariens et un Supplément à la Monographie des Eumeniens. Paris : Masson 49-288 pls vi-xiv. [Griffin, F.J. 1939. On the dates of publication of Saussure (H. de): Etudes sur la famille des Vespides 1–3, 1852–1858. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1: 211–212 (dates pages and plates published)] [59].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.18.6 ♂ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Adelaide, SA.
• Paragia praedator Saussure, H. de 1855. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. Troisième Partie comprenant la Monographie des Masariens et un Supplément à la Monographie des Eumeniens. Paris : Masson 49-288 pls vi-xiv. [Griffin, F.J. 1939. On the dates of publication of Saussure (H. de): Etudes sur la famille des Vespides 1–3, 1852–1858. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1: 211–212 (dates pages and plates published)] [59].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH Hym.18.7 ♀ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Australia.

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

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

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] (states type of Paragia odyneroides is female)

Richards, O.W. 1968. New records and new species of Australian Masaridae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7: 101-104 [104] (localities)

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