Species Acanthostethus tasmanicus (Turner, 1915)
- Nysson (Acanthostethus) tasmanicus Turner, R.E. 1915. Notes on fossorial Hymenoptera. XV. New Australian Crabronidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 15: 62-96 [80].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Mt Wellington & Eaglehawk Neck, TAS.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Only published localities Corin Dam, Eaglehawk Neck and Mt Wellington.
IBRA
NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: predator, sedentary, soil dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
Kleptoparasite.
General References
Evans, H.E. & Matthews, R.W. 1971. Nesting behaviour and larval stages of some Australian nyssonine sand wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 19: 293-310 (?host)
History of changes
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| 03-May-2012 | 03-May-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 07-Aug-2012 | 13-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |