Species Paragia tricolor Smith, 1850

Museums

Regional Maps

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

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Hym.18.3 ♀ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Perth, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Saussure, H. de 1854. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. Troisième Partie comprenant la Monographie des Masariens et un Supplément à la Monographie des Eumeniens. Paris : Masson 1-48 pls i-v. [for publication date 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 (pages and plates published)].
• Paragia saussurii Smith, F. 1857. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collections of the British Museum. Part V. Vespidae. London : British Museum pp. 1-147. [2] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Paragia tricolor Smith, 1850].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [141]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, volant.

Larva: mellivore, sedentary, soil dweller.

General References

Bradley, J.C. 1922. The taxonomy of the masarid wasps, including a monograph on the North American species. University of California Publications in Entomology. Technical Bulletin 1: 369-464 (figures)

Houston, T.F. 1984. Bionomics of a pollen-collecting wasp, Paragia tricolor (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae), in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 11: 141-151 (biology)

Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [66] (redescription, distribution)

History of changes