Prionyx kirbii marginatus (SMITH, 1856)

D, Chalybion, P, Isodontia, V, Prionyx & K, Sceliphron, 2021, Notes on the Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) of Gabon, Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 101-110 : 105

Prionyx kirbii marginatus (SMITH, 1856)

Prionyx kirbyi (!) ssp. marginatus (SMITH, 1856) : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 133 (taxonomy, world catalogue).

* Sphex albisectus LEPELETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU & SERVILLE, 1828 : KOHL 1894: 342 ( Gabon without exact locality).

Sphex (Parasphex) albisectus LEPELETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU & SERVILLE, 1828 : BERLAND 1926a: 168 ( Gabon without further data).

* Sphex albisectus congoensis n.var.: BERLAND 1926a: 169 (description ♀, Libreville).

Sphex (Parasphex) albisectus race marginatum var. congoensis BERLAND, 1926 : ARNOLD 1928b: 352 (taxonomy (synonym), not seen).

Chlorion (Parasphex) albisectus var. congoensis (BERLAND, 1926) : ARNOLD 1930: 17 (taxonomy, catalogue Afrotropical region).

Sphex albisectus var. congoensis BERLAND, 1926 : LECLERCQ 1955: 35 (synonym of Sphex (Prionyx) albisectus marginatus sjöstedti CAMERON, 1910).

Sphex (Parasphex) albisectus var. congoensis BERLAND, 1926 : BERLAND 1956: 1169 (taxonomy, Gabon within French Congo).

Sphex albisectus var. congoensis BERLAND, 1927 (!): BOHART & MENKE 1976: 133 (lectotype designation by Menke (♀ Libreville)).

* Sphex (Prionyx) albisectus marginatus sjöstedti CAMERON, 1910: LECLERCQ 1955: 33 (key to subspecies and varieties), 35 (taxonomy, "Chûtes de Samlia, riv. Nord de Gamie" = Chûtes de Samba (Rivière Ngounié) near Sindara).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Estuaire: Libreville, no exact locality ( KOHL 1894) – Ngounié: Chûtes de Samba (Rivière Ngounié) near Sindara – no exact locality ( BERLAND 1926a).

Prionyx kirbii marginatus , which is widely distributed in Afrotropical region and on the Arabian Peninsula, is also known from the Republic of Congo.