Species Rhopalum xenum Leclercq, 1957

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• Rhopalum (Rhopalum) xenum Leclercq, J. 1957. Le genre Rhopalum en Australie. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 93: 177-232 [217].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Dongara (as Dongarra), WA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: open forest, volant.

Larva: predator, sedentary.

General References

Leclercq, J. 1978. Crabroniens du genre Rhopalum Stephens trouvés en Australie (Hymenoptera Sphecidae). Bulletin de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 47: 352-362 (generic placement)

Leclercq, J. 1997. Hyménoptères Sphécides Crabroniens d'Australie, du genre Rhopalum Stephens, 1829. Notes Fauniques de Gembloux 32: 3-101 [93] (distribution)

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