Genus Paralastor Saussure, 1856
- Paralastor Saussure, H. de 1856. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. Troisième Partie comprenant la Monographie des Masariens et un Supplément à la Monographie des Eumeniens. Paris : Masson 289-352 pls xv-xvi. [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)] [328] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Alastor Lepeletier, 1841; placed on Official List of Generic Names in Zoology no. 1866, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1970. Opinion 893. Eumenidae names of Saussure(Hymenoptera): grant of availability to certain names proposed for secondary divisions of genera. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26: 187–191; van der Vecht, J. 1983. Ancistroceroides Saussure, proposed change of type species in order to preserve the well-established name Paralastor Saussure, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea, Eumenidae). Z.N.(S.) 2280. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 40: 111–113 states that Paralastor is undoubtedly a junior subjective synonym of Ancistroceroides Saussure, 1855, but in order to avoid the confusion which would be caused by implementing this synonymy (affecting the generic assignment of approximately 130 species), he requested that the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature use its plenary powers to designate an alternative type species for Ancistroceroides; Ancistroceroides would then be used for a small group of South American Eumenidae, and Paralastor would remain the valid name for the large Australian group; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1985. Opinion 1363. Ancistroceroides Saussure, 1855 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): Type species designated. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(4): 353–354 ruled Odynerus alastoroides Saussure, 1853 as type species of Ancistroceroides and the species Odynerus cruentus Saussure, 1855, previously designated as type species of Ancistroceroides in 1925, was set aside and transferred to Paralastor].
Type species:
Alastor tuberculatus Saussure, 1853 by subsequent designation, see van der Vecht, J. 1967. The status of certain genus-group names in the Eumenidae (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). Z.N.(S.) 1689. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24: 27-33 [31].Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1970. Opinion 893. Eumenidae names of Saussure(Hymenoptera): grant of availability to certain names proposed for secondary divisions of genera. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26: 187-191; van der Vecht, J. 1983. Ancistroceroides Saussure, proposed change of type species in order to preserve the well-established name Paralastor Saussure, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea, Eumenidae). Z.N.(S.) 2280. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 40: 111-113; International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1985. Opinion 1363. Ancistroceroides Saussure, 1855 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): Type species designated. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42(4): 353-354. - Alastoroides Saussure, H. de 1856. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. Troisième Partie comprenant la Monographie des Masariens et un Supplément à la Monographie des Eumeniens. Paris : Masson 289-352 pls xv-xvi. [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)] [327] [proposed with subgeneric rank in Alastor Lepeletier, 1841; placed on Official List of Generic Names in Zoology no. 1875, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1970. Opinion 893. Eumenidae names of Saussure(Hymenoptera): grant of availability to certain names proposed for secondary divisions of genera. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26: 187–191].
Type species:
Alastor clotho Lepeletier, 1841 by subsequent designation, see Ashmead, W.H. 1902. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea. The Canadian Entomologist 34: 203-210 [210]. - Paralastoroides Saussure, H. de 1856. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. Troisième Partie comprenant la Monographie des Masariens et un Supplément à la Monographie des Eumeniens. Paris : Masson 289-352 pls xv-xvi. [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)] [328] [unavailable name; proposed for secondary division of Alastoroides Saussure, 1856; placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology no. 1960, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1970. Opinion 893. Eumenidae names of Saussure(Hymenoptera): grant of availability to certain names proposed for secondary divisions of genera. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26: 187–191].
Type species:
Alastor clotho Lepeletier, 1841 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- van der Vecht, J. & Carpenter, J.M. 1990. A catalog of the genera of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 260: 1-62 [41]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
General References
Barnett, S.A. 1981. Modern Ethology. The science of animal behaviour. New York : Oxford University Press xi 705 pp. [561-564] (nesting behaviour of an undescribed Paralastor)
History of changes
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