Species Pison festivum Smith, 1869

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• Pison festivum Smith, F. 1869. Descriptions of new species of the genus Pison; and a synonymic list of those previously described. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869: 289-300 [296].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Champion Bay, Geraldton, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Pulawski, W.J 2018. A Revision of the Wasp Genus Pison Jurine, 1808 of Australia and New Zealand, New Guinea, and the Pacific Islands (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 4 65(Supplement III): 1-584 [193, Figures 422-424].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Prey spiders, nest using mud or in ground.

History of changes