Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856

Odintsev, Yuriy N. Danilov Oleg A. & Kobets, Anastasia S., 2024, A taxonomic study on the genus Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Prionychini). Subgenus Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856, Zootaxa 5551 (2), pp. 263-298 : 266

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Subgenus Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856

Harpactopus F. Smith 1856:264 View in CoL . Type species: Harpactopus crudelis F. Smith, 1856 View in CoL , by subsequent designation of Patton 1880:384. Junior subjective synonym of Sphex Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL according to Kohl 1890:106 and Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 View in CoL by Bohart & Menke 1976:39. Resurrected to subgeneric status by Danilov & Odintsev 2023:430.

Gastrosphaeria View in CoL A. Costa 1858:10. Type species: Gastrosphaeria anthracina View in CoL A. Costa, 1858 [= Sphex subfuscatus Dahlbom, 1845 View in CoL ], by monotypy. Junior subjective synonym of Sphex Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL according to Kohl 1890:106 and Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 View in CoL according to Bohart & Menke 1976:39. Junior subjective synonym of Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856 View in CoL (type species of Gastrosphaeria View in CoL belongs to the same species group as type species of Harpactopus View in CoL ).

Group of crudelis View in CoL of Bohart & Menke 1963.

Groups of subfuscatus and macula of de Beaumont 1968.

Group of globosus of Bohart & Menke 1963.

Diagnosis. The subgenus Harpactopus F. Smith is characterized by the claws with two ventral teeth, male antennae with distinct placoids, female clypeus entire or with U-shaped median notch, metapleuron channel-like, and metasoma wholly black.

Distribution. Arid and semi-arid areas of the Old World and Australasia.