Abispa (Abispa) australiana, (Mitchell), 1838

Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Zootaxa 4919 (1), pp. 1-68 : 20-21

australiana (Mitchell)

Vespa australiana Mitchell 1838: 104 , footnote (in subgenus Abispa )—“Karaula River” (Macleay Museum, Sydney).

Abispa australis Smith 1857: 42 , female [male]—“Port Essington” (London, type no. 18.237).— Froggatt 1892: 227 (cat.).— Dalla Torre 1894: 41 (cat.); 1904: 29 (cat.).— Meade-Waldo 1910a: 49 (type is male not female).— Bridwell 1919: 122 (syn. of A. australiana Mitchell ).—von Schulthess 1935: 299 (N. T.).

Abispa australiana ; Meade-Waldo 1914: 462 (probably syn. of Polistes tepidus Fabricius ).— Bridwell 1919: 120 (not a Polistes ; syn.: australis Smith ; citation by Smith and Dalla Torre of the combination “ Abispa ephippium Mitchell ” erroneous).—van der Vecht 1960: 93, 99 (? syn. of A. australis Smith ).— Cardale 1985: 161 (cat.).— van der Vecht & Carpenter 1990: 7 (possible type in Macleay Museum corresponds to A. splendida australis Smith ).— Matthews & Matthews 2004: 573–583, figs. 2–3 (ethology).

Abispa splendida australis ; van der Vecht 1960: 96 (key), 99 (in subgenus Abispa ; “Litchfield, Daly (± 17°S, 133°E), N. Australia,” Port Darwin).— Cardale 1985: 161 (cat.).—van der Vecht & Carpenter 1990: 7 (possible type of australiana Mitchell in Macleay Museum corresponds to splendida australis ).— Borsato 1996: 214 (N. T.: Kakadu N. P., Katherine Gorge N. P.); 2003: 535, fig. 19 (nest; N. T.: “Batchelor, Lake Bennet,” “Kakadu N. P., Anbangbang Billabong,” “Nitmiluk N. P., Katharine Gorge”).— Brown 2009: 29 (N. T.: North Coast).

ephippium (Fabricius)

Vespa ephippium Fabricius 1775: 362 , sex not stated—“Nova Hollandia ” (holotype female London); 1781, Spec. Ins: 458; 1787, Mant. Ins. 1: 287.— Gmelin 1790: 2748.— Christ 1791: 237.—Olivier 1792 [1791]: 677.— Fabricius 1793: 254; 1804: 254.

Abispa ephippium ; Smith 1851: 181, pl. XVI figs. 4–5 (nest).—de Saussure 1855: 170.— Smith 1857: 42 (cat.).— Froggatt 1892: 227 (cat.).— Dalla Torre 1894: 42 (cat.); 1904: 29 (cat.).— Rudow 1904b: 91 (nest).—Tillyard 1926: 295.— Bequaert 1928a: 54 (holotype is female; type locality is “ Cookstown ” [Cooktown]).— Raff 1940: 139–141 (nest).—van der Vecht 1960: 95 (key), 96, fig. 1a–b (in subgenus Abispa ; Qld.: Moorooka, Brisbane; N. S. W.: Sydney; W. A.: “various localities between 21° S. and 33° S.”).— Smith & Alcock 1980: 43, 50–53 (ethology; N. S. W.: Warrumbungle N. P.).— Naumann 1983: 158 (nest).— Cardale 1985: 161 (cat.).— Carpenter, 1981 [1982]: 36 (phylogenetic relationships).— Borsato 2003: 535 (N. T.: Kakadu N. P., Nitmiluk N. P.; W. A.: “Kimberley, 10 km W of Millie Windie,” “Kimberley, Lennard river Xing, Gibb River Road”; Qld.: “Mt. Surprise 10 km N,” Mareeba).— Cameron et al. 2008: 800–808 (mitogenome).— Matthews & Matthews 2009: 1–15, figs. 1–19 (ethology; N. T.: “ Northern Territory Rural College campus of Charles Darwin University, 15K N. of Katherine (S 14°22.545’ E 132°09.403’”).— Brown 2009: 28 (N. T.: North Coast, Lake Eyre Basin,? Western Plateau).— Piekarski et al. 2018: fig. 2 (phylogenetic relationships).

Monorebia ephippium “ n. sp. ”; de Saussure 1852: 100, pl. XV fig. 9, male—“La Nouvelle-Hollande ” (Paris).— Hacker 1918: 108, pl. 31 (ethology).— McKeown 1944: 149, 189, 191, 197, 224 (ethology).

Abispa ephippium ephippium ; Borsato 1994 [1993]: 247 (Qld.: Cairns); 1996: 214 (W. A.: Beelerup, Carranya (Kimberley), Newman Rock, Whicher Range, Kalbarry, Perth; Qld.; Brisbane, Meringa; N. S. W.: Sydney).

laticincta laticincta van der Vecht

Abispa laticincta van der Vecht 1960: 96 (key), 97, fig. 1c, female, male (in subgenus Abispa )—“ Australia: Queensland, ... Cooktown” (holotype female Leiden); also from Somerset.— Cardale 1985: 161 (cat.).— Naumann 1993, in Naumann et al.: 180 (Qld.: Captain Billy Landing; “Known from north-east Qld from Somerset to Kuranda”). — Borsato 1994 [1993]: 247 (Qld: Mossman).