Species Sericophorus cliffordi Rayment, 1955
- Sericophorus cliffordi Rayment, T. 1955. Taxonomy, morphology and biology of sericophorine wasps. With diagnoses of two new genera and descriptions of forty new species and six subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 19: 11-105 pls 1-11 [30].
Type data:
Holotype NMV 6780 ♀, Gorae West, VIC. - Sericophorus chalybaeus fulleri Rayment, T. 1955. Taxonomy, morphology and biology of sericophorine wasps. With diagnoses of two new genera and descriptions of forty new species and six subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 19: 11-105 pls 1-11 [29].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♀, Blundells 20 miles west Canberra, ACT. - Sericophorus cyanophilus Rayment, T. 1955. Taxonomy, morphology and biology of sericophorine wasps. With diagnoses of two new genera and descriptions of forty new species and six subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 19: 11-105 pls 1-11 [31].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♀, Stanthorpe, QLD. - Sericophorus gracilis Rayment, T. 1955. Taxonomy, morphology and biology of sericophorine wasps. With diagnoses of two new genera and descriptions of forty new species and six subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 19: 11-105 pls 1-11 [33].
Type data:
Holotype NMV T6788 ♀, Glen Aplin, QLD. - Sericophorus rufotibialis Rayment, T. 1955. Taxonomy, morphology and biology of sericophorine wasps. With diagnoses of two new genera and descriptions of forty new species and six subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 19: 11-105 pls 1-11 [47].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Blundells 20 miles west Canberra, ACT.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lomholdt, O. & Pulawski, W.J. 2010. A revision of the wasp genus Sericophorus F. Smith, 1851 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Series 4 61: 1-234
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Gorae West and Portland.
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
Prey adult Diptera.
General References
Rayment, T. 1955. Biology of two hunting wasps. The specific descriptions of a new species and one allotype of Sericophorus and a new blowfly Pollenia. The Australian Zoologist 12: 132-141 pl. 19 (prey)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-May-2012 | 15-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-May-2012 | 03-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 13-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |