Abispa laticincta

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Abispa laticincta
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(photo by Pete Woodall, at Saltwater Creek, Lakefield QLD)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Genus: Abispa
Species:
A. laticincta
Binomial name
Abispa laticincta
Vecht, 1960
Synonyms
  • Abispa laticincta laticinctaVecht, 1960
  • Abispa laticincta melanopleuraVecht, 1960

Abispa laticincta is a species of wasp in the Vespidae family. [1]

It was first described by Jacobus van der Vecht in 1960 from a female specimen found in Cooktown, Queensland. [2] [3]

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References

  1. Zicha, Ondrej (ed.). "Abispa laticincta van der Vecht, 1960". BioLib: Biological library. Archived from the original on 18 February 2015.
  2. "Species Abispa (Abispa) laticincta van der Vecht, 1960". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-10-26.
  3. van der Vecht, J. (1960). On Abispa and some other Eumenidae from the Australian region (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). Nova Guinea (Zoologie)6: 91-115 [97].