Rhynchalastor auratus (FABRICIUS 1787) J.M & Gusenleitner & Madl, 2010

J. M, Gusenleitner, J. & Madl, M., 2010, A Catalogue of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) of the Ethiopian Region excluding Malagasy Subregion. Part II: Genera Delta de SAUSSURE 1885 to Zethus FABRICIUS 1804 and Species Incertae Sedis, Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1), pp. 95-315 : 224

Rhynchalastor auratus (FABRICIUS 1787) new combination

Vespa aurata n.sp.: FABRICIUS 1787: 289 (descr., Sierra Leone). Vespa aurata FABRICIUS : GMELIN 1790: 2759 (tax., descr., Sierra Leone). Vespa aurata FABRICIUS : OLIVIER 1792: 666 (key), 683 (tax., descr., Sierra Leone). Vespa aurata FABRICIUS : FABRICIUS 1793: 263 (tax., descr., Sierra Leone). Vespa aurata FABRICIUS : FABRICIUS 1804: 259 (tax., descr., Sierra Leone). Vespa aurata FABRICIUS : de SAUSSURE 1853: 264 (tax.). Vespa aurata FABRICIUS : de DALLA TORRE 1894: 138 (cat.). Vespa aurata FABRICIUS : von DALLA TORRE 1904: 66 (cat.). Odynerus aurata (FABRICIUS) : SCHULZ 1912: 82 (tax., Sierra Leone). Odynerus (Rygchium) auratus (FABRICIUS) : BEQUAERT 1918: 162 (tax.), 293 (tax., cat.). Stenodyneroides auratus (FABRICIUS) : GIORDANI SOIKA 1989b: 43 (tax., Gabon). Stenodyneroides auratus (FABRICIUS) : GUSENLEITNER 2006: 1333 ( Benin, Uganda), 1344 (figs 1-4). * Odynerus hyacinthae n.sp.: GRIBODO 1892: 290 (descr. (291: foot note), Gabon, Sierra

Leone). Odynerus hyacinthae GRIBODO : de DALLA TORRE 1894: 73 (cat.). Odynerus (Lionotus) hyacinthae GRIBODO : von DALLA TORRE 1904: 47 (tax., cat.). Odynerus (Lionotus) hyacinthae GRIBODO : MEADE- WALDO 1915: 488 (cat.). Odynerus (Rygchium) hyacinthae GRIBODO : BEQUAERT 1918: 302 (tax., cat.). Odynerus (Rynchium) hyacintae GRIBODO: SCHOUTEDEN 1919: 179 ( Democratic Republic of

Congo). Odynerus (Stenodynerus) hyacinthae GRIBODO : von SCHULTHESS 1928: 99 (figs a, b), 100 (tax.,

descr., Democratic Republic of Congo). Odynerus (Rhynchium) hyacinthae GRIBODO : GIORDANI SOIKA 1934a: 381 (tax., Guinea Bissau,

Sierra Leone). Odynerus (Stenodynerus) hyacinthae GRIBODO : GIORDANI SOIKA 1934b: 31 (key), 32 (tax., descr.

, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea Bissau), 33 (figs 3.1-4). Odynerus (Stenodyneroides) hyacinthae GRIBODO : GIORDANI SOIKA 1940: 470, 471 (tax.). Odynerus hyacinthae Gribodo : GIORDANI SOIKA 1989b: 43 (syn.). * Rhynchium chrysomallum n.sp.: SCHLETTERER 1891: 23 (descr., Democratic Republic of

Congo), pl. 1 (fig. 9). new synonym Rhynchium chrysomallum SCHLETTERER : KOHL 1894: 343 ( Gabon). Rhynchium chrysomallum SCHLETTERER : de DALLA TORRE 1894: 43 (cat.). Rhynchium chrysomallum SCHLETTERER : von DALLA TORRE 1904: 33 (cat.). Odynerus (Rygchium) chrysomallus (SCHLETTERER): BEQUAERT 1918: 295 (cat.).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Benin, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, Uganda.