Species Zethus (Ischnocoelia) polychromus Giordani Soika, 1969
- Ischnocoelia polychroma Giordani Soika, A. 1969. Revisione dei Discoeliinae Australiani. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 19: 25-100 [92].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂ adult, Parkes, NSW.
Generic Combinations
- Zethus (Ischnocoelia) polychromus (Giordani Soika, 1969). —
Lopes, R.B., Carpenter, J.M. & Noll, F.B. 2021. Cladistic analysis of Zethus Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae): a new subgeneric classification. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 82: 253-283 [App. 3 Species list] (new combination)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Condamine and Parkes. Borsato (2003) reports the species also for Roche Creek, QLD.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Distribution References
- Borsato, W. 2003. Studies on Australian Eumenidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). pp. 511-565 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. I. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 35, 565 pp. [528]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary.
Extra Ecological Information
Prey larval Lepidoptera.