- Vespa albifrons Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [366].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Australia (as New Holland).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
No locality specified.
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Prey larval Lepidoptera.
General References
Bequaert, J. 1928. The diplopterous wasps of Fabricius, in the Banksian collection at the British Museum. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 23: 53-63 (taxonomy)
Perkins, R.C.L. 1914. On the species of Alastor (Paralastor) Sauss. and some other Hymenoptera of the family Eumenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1914: 563-624 pl. I (taxonomy)
History of changes
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