Species Piyuma prosopoides (Turner, 1908)

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Regional Maps

• Crabro prosopoides Turner, R.E. 1908. Notes on the Australian fossorial wasps of the family Sphegidae, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 457-535 pl. xxvi [528].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♀♂, Mackay and Townsville, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Only published localities Mackay, Townsville, Kuranda and Brisbane, also Borneo.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: arboreal, predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Prey mainly small adult Diptera, nest in pre-existing hole in wood.

 

General References

Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley : Univ. California Press ix 695 pp. (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-May-2012		03-May-2012	MOVED
01-May-2012		01-May-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		13-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)