Species Sphex vestitus Smith, 1856
- Sphex vestita Smith, F. 1856. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV, Sphegidae, Larridae and Crabronidae. London : British Museum pp. 207-497. [248].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia. - Sphex praetexta Smith, F. 1873. Natural history notices. Insects, Hymenoptera Aculeata. 456-463 pls xliii-xlv in Brenchley, J.L. (ed.). Jottings During the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865. London : Longmans, Green & Co. [Date published 31/12/1873] [461].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Moreton Bay, QLD. - Sphex (Sphex) imperialis Kohl, F.F. 1890. Die Hymenopterengruppe der Sphecinen. I Monographie der natürlichen Gattung Sphex Linné (sens. lat.). Abt. I–II. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 5: 77-194, 317-462 [398].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NHMW ♀, Gayndah, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Turner, R.E. 1910. Additions to our knowledge of the fossorial wasps of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 253-356 [345]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Gayndah, Mackay, Cairns and Moreton Bay.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
Prey Orthoptera (Gryllacrididae).
General References
McCorquodale, D.B. & Thomson, C.E. 1989. The prey of some Australian sphecid wasps (Hymenoptera). Australian Entomological Magazine 16(4): 93-97 [94] (prey)
History of changes
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| 22-Oct-2015 | APOIDEA (s. l.) | 29-Sep-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-May-2012 | 23-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 03-May-2012 | 03-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 13-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |