Species Paragia magdalena Turner, 1908
- Paragia magdalena Turner, R.E. 1908. Two new diplopterous Hymenoptera from Queensland. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1908: 89-91 [89].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Hym.18.16 ♀ adult (seen 1929 by L.F. Graham), Mackay, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, volant.
Larva: mellivore, sedentary, soil dweller.
General References
Bequaert, J.C. 1928. A study of certain types of diplopterous wasps in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 2: 138-176 [143] (states type is male)
Richards, O.W. 1962. A Revisional Study of the Masarid Wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). London : British Museum 294 pp. [68] (redescription)
History of changes
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