Species Paraxenos laetum (Ogloblin, 1926)
- Sceliphronechthrus laetum Ogloblin, A.A. 1926. The new Strepsiptera of the collections of the National Museum, Prague (Part III). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 4: 133-143 [133].
Type data:
Holotype NMP ♀ adult, New Guinea.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
NE coastal, QLD; also New Guinea (included in Australian fauna on the basis of distribution records noted by Kinzelbach, R.K. 1971. Morphologische Befunde an Fächerflüglern und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 41(119): 129–256 [162] and Kifune, T. & Hirashima, Y. 1987. Three new species of the genus Paraxenos (Strepsiptera; Stylopidae) parasitic on Bembix (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Sri Lanka and Australia in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Notulae Strepsipterologicae—XVII. Esakia 25: 155–160 [160], incidence in Australia not otherwise recorded).
Distribution References
- Kinzelbach, R.K. 1971. Morphologische Befunde an Fächerflüglern und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 41(119): 129-256
- Kifune, T. & Hirashima, Y. 1987. Three new species of the genus Paraxenos (Strepsiptera; Stylopidae) parasitic on Bembix (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Sri Lanka and Australia in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution. Notulae Strepsipterologicae—XVII. Esakia 25: 155-160
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Sceliphron laetum (Smith, 1856) [SPHECIDAE] Mud Dauber), male—volant, parasitoid.
General References
Kinzelbach, R.K. 1971. Morphologische Befunde an Fächerflüglern und ihre phylogenetische Bedeutung (Insecta: Strepsiptera). Zoologica (Stuttgart) 41(119): 129-256 [162] (as Paraxenos laetum (Ogloblin, 1926))