Species Tachysphex multifasciatus Pulawski, 1976
- Tachysphex multifasciatus Pulawski, W. in Evans, H.E., Matthews, R.W. & Pulawski, W. 1976. Notes on the nests and prey of four Australian species of Tachysphex Kohl, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 441-445 [443].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Mt Isa and vicinity, QLD.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Mt Isa, Drysdale River, Humpty Doo and Manbulloo Station—Katherine.
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
Prey Mantodea (praying mantids).
General References
Evans, H.E., Matthews, R.W. & Pulawski, W. 1976. Notes on the nests and prey of four Australian species of Tachysphex Kohl, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 441-445 (nest, prey)
Pulawski, W. 1977. A synopsis of Tachysphex Kohl (Hym., Sphecidae) of Australia and Oceania. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 47: 203-332 (redescription)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-May-2012 | 03-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 13-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |