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Issue: Vol. 5551 No. 2: 12 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5551.2.3
Page range: 263-298
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A taxonomic study on the genus Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Prionychini). Subgenus Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856

Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals; Russian Academy of Sciences; Siberian Branch; Frunze Street 11; Novosibirsk; 630091; Russia; Novosibirsk State University; Pirogova Street 2; Novosibirsk; 630090; Russia
Omsk State Pedagogical University; Nab. Tukhachevskogo 14; Omsk; 644099; Russia
Omsk State Pedagogical University; Nab. Tukhachevskogo 14; Omsk; 644099; Russia
Hymenoptera digger wasps Hymenopteraapoidea Sphecidae Prionychini Prionyx review

Abstract

The original keys to the species of subgenus Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856 are provided. The following new synonymy has been established: Prionyx globosus (F. Smith, 1856) (=Harpactopus australis de Saussure, 1867), Prionyx radoszkowskyi (Kohl, 1888) (=Sphex guichardi de Beaumont, 1967), Prionyx stschurowskii (Radoszkowski, 1877) (=Sphex sirdariensis Radoszkowski, 1877), and Prionyx subfuscatus (Dahlbom, 1845) (=Prionyx binghami Jha et Farooqi, 1996). Prionyx crudelis (F. Smith) is newly recorded from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, P. funebris (Berland) from Yemen, P. macula (Fabricius) from Turkey, P. melanotus (F. Morawitz) from Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, P. persicus (Mocsáry) from Afghanistan, and P. subfuscatus (Dahlbom) from Azerbaijan. The type localities of Sphex stschurowskii Radoszkowski and S. sirdariensis Radoszkowski are updated and corrected.

 

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