Species Rhynchium atrum Saussure, 1852

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• Rhynchium atrum Saussure, H. de 1852. Études sur la Famille des Vespides. 1. Monographie des Guêpes solitaires, ou de la Tribu des Euméniens, comprenant la Classification et la Description de toutes les Espèces connues jusqu'à ce Jour, et servant de complément au Manuel de Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau. Paris : Masson 1-128 pls ii-v, vii, x, xiv. [for publication date Griffin, F.J. 1939. On the dates of publication of Saussure (H. de): Etudes sur la famille des Vespides 1–3, 1852–1858. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 1: 211–212 (pages and plates published)] [109].

  Type data:

   Neotype USNM ♀ adult, Manila, Philippines.

  Subsequent designation references:

  van der Vecht, J. 1968. The Rhynchium species of the Philippine Islands (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 42: 255-259.

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Doubtfully Australian, in Philippines and other parts of the Oriental Region.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Prey larval Lepidoptera.

General References

Baltazar, C.R. 1966. A catalogue of Philippine Hymenoptera (with a bibliography, 1758–1963). Pacific Insects Monographs 8: 1-488 [Date published 31/12/1966] (distribution includes Australia)

van der Vecht, J. 1968. The Rhynchium species of the Philippine Islands (Hymenoptera, Eumenidae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 42: 255-259 (taxonomy)

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