Subspecies Phimenes arcuatus arcuatus (Fabricius, 1775)
- Vespa arcuata 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] [371].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀ adult, Australia (as New Holland).
Generic Combinations
- Eumenes arcuata (Fabricius, 1804). —
Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum : Secundum; Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard xiv 439 pp. [287] (new combination) - Eumenes arcuata arcuate (Fabricius, 1775). —
Zimmermann, K. 1931. Studien über individuelle und geographische variabilität paläarktischer Polistes und verwandter vespiden. Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere 22(1): 173-230 [205] - Phimenes arcuatus arcuatus (Fabricius, 1775). —
Borsato, W. 1994. Contributo alla conoscenza degli Eumenidi e dei Vespidi Australiani. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 125(3): 245-251 [published 31 Jan. 1994; publication dated 1993] [250] - Delta arcuatus (Fabricius, 1775). —
Giordani Soika, A. 1961. Les lignées phyletiques des Eumenes du globe. Verhandlungen XI Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie 1: 240-245 [243] - Phimenes arcuatus (Fabricius, 1775). —
Giordani Soika, A. 1992. Di alcuni Eumenidi nuovi o poco noti. Societa Veneziana di Scienze Naturali Lavori 17: 41-68 [41] (new combination as type species of genus Phimenes)
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
D'Entrecasteaux Is., Trobriand Is.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Mud-nest*, prey larval Lepidoptera*.
General References
Borsato, W. 1994. Eumenidae Australiani nuovi o poco noti. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 126(2): 160-170 [169] (distribution)
Borsato, W. 1996. Terzo contributo alla conoscenza degli Eumenidae Australiani. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 127(3): 213-226 [published 29 Feb. 1996; publication dated 1995] [225] (distribution)
Giordani Soika, A. 1961. Les lignées philétiques des Eumenes s.l. du globe (Hym. Vesp.). Transactions of the 11th International Congress of Entomology Vienna, 1960 1: 240-245 (taxonomy as Delta arcuata)
van der Vecht, J. 1960. On Abispa and some other Eumenidae from the Australian region (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). Nova Guinea (Zoologie) 6: 91-115 (distribution)
van der Vecht, J. 1961. Evolution in a group of Indo-Australian Eumenes (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae). Evolution 15: 468-477 (evolution)