Palarus laetus, Klug, 1845

Madl, Michael, 2018, A preliminary catalogue of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti, Linzer biologische Beiträge 50 (2), pp. 907-967 : 940-941

Palarus laetus (KLUG, 1845)

Palarus laetus (KLUG, 1845): TURNER 1911: 479 (tax.), 481 (tax., Tadjoura).

Palarus laetus (KLUG, 1845): PULAWSKI & PRENTICE 2008: 309 (tax.), 313 (tax.), 314 (tax.), 317 ( fig. 1 : tax.), 324 (tab. 2: biol.), 331 (key), 397 (tax., type design., Tadjoura), 398 (figs 55a-f), 399 (figs 56a-e), 400 (fig. 57a-d), 402 (fig. 58: map).

* Larra annulata n.sp.: WALKER 1871a: 26 (descr. ♂ ♀, Tadjoura).

Larra annulata WALKER, 1871: INNES BEY 1911: 112 (Tadjoura, cat. Lord Collection).

Larra annulata WALKER, 1871: TURNER 1911: 481 (syn.).

Larra annulata WALKER, 1871: PULAWSKI & PRENTICE 2008: 397 (type design.).

* Stizus walkeri mihi: HANDLIRSCH 1892: 177 (replacement name for Larra annulata WALKER, 1871, German translation original descr.).

Stizus walkeri HANDLIRSCH, 1892: DE DALLA TORRE 1897: 534 (world cat.).

Stizus walkeri HANDLIRSCH, 1892: TURNER 1911: 481 (syn.).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Tadjoura.

Palarus laetus is known from the Afrotropical ( Benin, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Sudan, Togo), Oriental and Palaearctic (e.g. Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) regions. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in ARNOLD (1923 b) and BOHART & MENKE (1976: 291), although Larra annulata and Stizus walkeri are listed in the latter. Larra annulata WALKER, 1871 is a junior homonym of Larra annulata KLUG, 1845.

Figures

Fig. 1: Hemiscorpius sp. (Scorpionides: Hemiscorpiidae) and its prey Anochetus sp. (Formicidae) at Dimbiya near Karta (Photo: M.A. Jäch, 27.01.2016).