Species Sphex argentatus Fabricius, 1787

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphex argentatus Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [274].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC ♀, Coromandel, India.

  Subsequent designation references:

  van der Vecht, J. 1961. Hymenoptera Sphecoidea Fabriciana. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 48: 1-85.
• Sphex unicolor Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [275].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMUC sex not indicated, Spain.
• Sphex umbrosus Christ, J.L. 1791. Naturgeschichte, Classification und Nomenclatur der Insecten vom Bienen, Wespen und Ameisengeschlecht. Frankfurt-am-Main : Hermann 535 pp. 60 pls. [293].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (lost), locality unknown.
• Sphex argentifrons Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hyménoptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret Vol. 3 pp. 646 + 4 pp., pls 25-36. [337].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ♀ (M. Spinola collection, Torino), Java, Indonesia.
• Sphex plumifer Costa, A. 1864. Specie immesse per effetto di doni o cambii. R. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della Reale Università de Napoli 2: 94-118 [112].

  Type data:

   Holotype DEZAP sex not indicated, Luzon, Philippines.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• van der Vecht, J. 1973. Contribution to the taxonomy of the Oriental and Australian Sphecini (Hymenoptera, Sphecoidea). Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie Wetenschappen c 76: 341-353 [341]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NE Oriental Region.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, volant.

Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Prey Orthoptera.

 

General References

Evans, H.E. & Lin, C.S. 1956. Studies on the larvae of digger wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) Part I Sphecinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 81: 131-153 8 pls (larva)

 

History of changes

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22-Oct-2015	APOIDEA (s. l.)	29-Sep-2015	MODIFIED
23-May-2012		23-May-2012	MOVED
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07-Aug-2012		13-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
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