Xenocurgus tasmanicus Haupt, 1937

Published, First, 2007, Annotated catalogue of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of Australia, Zootaxa 1428, pp. 1-83 : 32-59

Xenocurgus tasmanicus Haupt, 1937

Xenocurgus tasmanicus Haupt, 1937a:135 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♀. Type locality: Tasmania (as Van Diemens Land ).

Distribution: TAS.

Subfamily Pompilinae

The Australian Pompilinae is represented by 13 genera and 132 species. Species of Ctenostegus Haupt, 1930 , Turneromyia Banks, 1941 , Episyron Schiødte, 1837 , Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884 , Anoplius Dufour, 1834 and Pompilus Fabricius, 1798 primarily consist of wasps with a black integument, coloured or banded with grey/silvery pubescence. The “collaris” mimicry complex of Evans involves species of Ctenostegus , Turneromyia , Paracyphononyx and Episyron with black and orange colouration. Three species of Pompilinae , Batozonellus maculifrons (Smith, 1873) , Anoplius (Orientanoplius) canifrons (Smith, 1855) and Pompilus cinereus ( Fabricius, 1775) have extensive extralimital distributions.

Agenioideus Ashmead, 1902

Agenioideus Ashmead, 1902:85 . Type species: Pompilus humilis Cresson, 1861 by original designation.

Aporoideus Ashmead, 1902:86 . Type species: Pompilus sericeus Van der Linden, 1827 by original designation. [synonymy by Evans, 1950:189].

Sericopompilus Banks, 1911:229 [in part].

Agenoideus Banks, 1917:107 [lapsus calami for Agenioideus, Ashmead 1902 ].

Gymnochares Banks, 1917:107 , 108. Type species: Psammochares birkmanni Banks, 1910 by subsequent designation, see Pate, 1946:88. [synonymy by Wolf, 1985:231].

Evans (1950) synonymised Aporoides Ashmead, 1902 with Agenioideus . Consequently, the single species of Aporoides recorded from Australia is here listed under Agenioideus . None of the Australian species of Agenioideus have been placed to subgenera, viz. Ageniopompilus Priesner, 1955; Mimochares Wahis, 1970; Rufopompilus Wolf, 1970 ; Sericopompilus Howard, 1901 ; Enbanksia Evans, 1965 (as subgenus); Schizanoplius Cameron, 1904 (for priority of this name over Ridestus Banks, 1911 see Wahis (2000b:77)); Agenioideus Ashmead, 1902 ; Iberochares Wahis, 1970; Alloridestus Wolf, 1979 .

Agenioideus expulsus Turner, 1917

Agenioideus expulsus Turner, 1917b:74 . Type data: type BMNH ♀ ♂. Type locality: QLD , Mackay. Distribution: QLD.

Agenioideus nigricornis ( Fabricius, 1775)

Sphex nigricornis Fabricius, 1775:351 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: Australia (as nova Hollandia); Fabricius, 1781:449 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Gmelin, 1790:2731 [descr. (in Latin, dist.]; Fabricius, 1793:214 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Zimsen, 1964:387 [note on type].

Pompilus nigricornis Fabricius, 1798:251 [comb. nov., descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Fabricius, 1804:195 [descr. (in Latin), dist.].

Pompilus diversus Smith, 1868:243 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: NSW or QLD, Sydney or Moreton Bay. [preoccupied Dahlbom, 1845:446; synonymy by Turner, 1910:330]; Froggatt, 1892:212 [cat.].

Pompilus bos Dalla Torre, 1897:277 [nom. nov. for Pompilus diversus Smith, 1868 ; synonymy by Turner, 1910:330].

Anoplius nigricornis Turner, 1910:330 [comb. nov., descr.].

Agenioideus nigricornis Evans et al. 1981:11 [nov. comb, prey].

Distribution: NSW, QLD.

Prey records: Steatoda femorale (Thorell) (Theridiidae)

Agenioideus ultimus ( Turner, 1916)

Aporoideus ultimus Turner, 1916:124 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀. Type locality: TAS, Eaglehawk Neck.

Distribution: TAS, WA.

Anoplius Dufour, 1834

Anoplius Dufour, 1834 is a large genus with several subgenera. Psammochares Fabricius, 1796 has been suppressed ( ICZN1946), but has as its type Sphex fusca Linnaeus, 1761 , which is a synonym of Sphex viatica Linnaeus 1758 , currrently placed in Anoplius . Between 1910 and 1917 Turner described or transfered several species to Psammochares , where they have remained unnoticed. Unlike the situation in Pompilus Fabricius, 1798 (see below) there is no dispute over the validity of the subgenera and consequently, those species not currently placed in subgenera are here listed as unplaced, rather than listed in Anoplius s. l.

Anoplius (Orientanoplius) Haupt, 1935

Orientanoplius Haupt, 1935a:315 . Type species: Pompilus ignobilis Saussure, 1867 (= Pompilus canifrons Smith, 1855 ) by original designation.

Africanoplius Haupt, 1950:40 . Type species: Pompilus morosus Smith, 1855 by original designation. [synonymy by Day, 1974:380].

Anoplius (Orientanoplius) canifrons (Smith, 1855)

Pompilus canifrons Smith, 1855:146 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀. Type locality: Sumatra.; Bingham, 1896b:431 [list, dist. ( Sri Lanka)]; Bingham, 1897:165 [comb. nov., descr., dist. (Asia)]; Schulz, 1906:169 [note on synonyms].

Pompilus leucophaeus Smith, 1858a:92 . Type data: holotype OUM ♂. Type locality: West Malaysia. [synonymy by Day, 1974:382]; Smith, 1871:352 [cat., dist.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:298 [cat.].

Pompilus limbatus Smith, 1861:78–79 . Type data: holotype OUM ♂. Type locality: Sulawesi. [synonymy by Day, 1974:382]; Smith, 1871:353 [cat., dist.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:298 [cat.].

Pompilus nigrocaeruleus Smith, 1861:79 . Type data: lectotype OUM ♀. Type locality: Sulawesi. [synonymy by Day, 1974:382]; Smith, 1871:353 [cat., dist.];.

Pompilus nigrocoeruleus Dalla Torre, 1897:306 [lapsus calami for Pompilus nigrocaeruleus Smith, 1861 ; cat.].

Priocnemis canifrons Smith, 1871:354 [comb. nov., dist. ( Indonesia); incorrectly given as Smith, 1867:354 by Bingham, 1897:165].

Pompilus ignobilis Saussure, 1867:60 . Type data: lectotype MHNB ♀. Type locality: Ceylon. [synonymy by Day, 1974:382]; Dalla Torre, 1897:295 [cat.]; Matsumura, 1911:132 [misidentification according to Tsuneki, 1990:21]; Matsumura & Uchida, 1927:47 [misidentification according to Tsuneki, 1990:21]; Matsumura, 1930:31 [misidentification according to Tsuneki, 1990:21].

Pompilus rufounguiculatus Taschenberg, 1869:54 . Type data: holotype MLUH ♀. Type locality: Java . [synonymy by Day, 1974:382]; Dalla Torre, 1897:318 [cat.].

Pompilus atropos Smith, 1879:146 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀. Type locality: Sumatra. [synonymy by Bingham, 1897:165]; Dalla Torre, 1897:275 [cat.]; Schulz, 1906:169 [note on synonymy with Pompilus canifrons Smith, 1855 ].

Salius canifrons Cameron, 1891:450 [comb. nov., list, dist. (Asia)]; Dalla Torre, 1897:216 [cat.].

Psammochares pluto Turner, 1917b:69 . Type data: lectotype BMNH ♀. Type locality: QLD, Mackay. [synonymy by Day, 1974:382].

Sericopompilus canifrons Banks, 1934:97 [comb. nov.]; Banks, 1938:248.

Pompilus leucopheus Day, 1974:382 [lapsus calami for Pompilus leucophaeus Smith, 1858 ].

Anoplius (Orientanoplius) canifrons Day, 1974:382 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs., biol.]; Krombein, 1991:29–31 [dist. (World and Sri Lanka), behaviour, prey, immatures].

Distribution: QLD, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma (= Myanmar), China (People's Republic), Indonesia ( Java , Kalimantan, Kerala, Sarawak, Sulawesi (Celebes), Sumatra, Sumba), Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.

Anoplius (Unplaced)

Anoplius amoenulus Turner, 1910

Anoplius amoenulus Turner, 1910:329 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: QLD, Mackay. March. Psammochares amoenulus Turner, 1917b:73 [comb. nov., descr., dist.].

Anoplius amoenulus Junco Y Reyes, 1959:46 [comb. nov., list].

Distribution: QLD.

Anoplius elatus (Smith, 1865)

Pompilus elatus Smith, 1865b:82 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: Indonesia, Morty island; Smith, 1871:353 [cat., dist. ( Indonesia)]; Williams, 1945:425, 436–437 [list, dist. ( New Caledonia), notes, fig.]; Williams, 1947:318, 326 [notes.].

Pompilus inquirendus Vachal, 1907:117 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♂ ♀. Type locality: New Caledonia. [synonymy by Turner, 1919:340].

Anoplius elatus Turner, 1910:330 [comb. nov., dist.].

Psammochares elatus Turner, 1917b:73 [comb. nov., descr., dist.]; Turner, 1919:340 [descr., dist.].

Distribution: QLD, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji.

Anoplius doddi Turner, 1910

Anoplius doddi Turner, 1910:328 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: QLD, Townsville. Psammochares doddi Turner, 1917b:66 [comb. nov., descr., dist.].

Anoplius doddi Junco Y Reyes, 1959:46 [comb. nov., list].

Distribution: NT, QLD.

Batozonellus Arnold, 1937

Heteronyx Saussure, 1887:3. Type species: Cyphononyx (Heteronyx) madecassus Saussure, 1887 by monotypy. [preoccupied Guérin–Méneville, 1838].

Batozonellus Arnold, 1937:1 . Type species: Pompilus fuliginosus Klug, 1834 by original designation.

Batozonellus Riek, 1970:931 [note].

Batozonellus Naumann, 1991:975 [note].

Batozonellus Arnold, 1937 has also been recorded from Europe and the Aftrotropical region.

Batozonellus maculifrons (Smith, 1873)

Pompilus maculifrons Smith, 1873a:186 . Type data: type BMNH (probable) ♂. Type locality: Japan, Hakodadi; Dalla Torre, 1897:299 [cat., dist. (Asia)]; Matsumura, 1908a:126; Matsumura, 1908b:3; Matsumura & Uchida, 1927:47 [cat., dist.]; Sakaguchi, 1927:4.

Pompilus bracatus Bingham, 1890:236 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♀ ♂. Type locality: Burma. [synonymy with Batozonus orientalis ( Cameron, 1891) by Turner, 1915b:334. In his work Bingham also states that he has observed the species taking cockroaches. However, Evans (1953:159) and Van der Vecht & Wilcke, (1953:686) considered non–arachnid host records to be dubious.]; Cameron, 1891:457 [cat.; dist.]; Bingham, 1897:164–165 [descr., dist. (Asia)]; Bingham, 1906:40 [cat., dist.].

Ceropales orientalis Cameron, 1891:432 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♂. Type locality: India, Barrackpore. [synonymy by Yasumatsu, 1937:46]; Dalla Torre, 1897:344 [cat., dist. (Asia)].

Pompilus unifasciatus Cameron, 1891:460 , 470 [cat., descr., dist.; misidentification according to Bingham, 1896a:431].

Pompilus bioculatus Bingham, 1896a:431 . Type data: type BMNH ♀ ♂. Type locality: Unknown, vari- ous localities listed. [synonymy with Batozonus orientalis ( Cameron, 1891) by Turner, 1915:334]; Bingham, 1897:167–168 [descr., dist. (Asia), fig.]; Matsumura, 1908a:126; Matsumura, 1911:134 [descr.? (in Japanese)]; Tsuneki, 1930:89 [biol. according to Tsuneki 1988:41]; Matsumura, 1930:33; Matsumura, 1931:22; Tsuneki, 1935:35 [rearing according to Tsuneki, 1988:41].

Pompilus orientalis Bingham, 1897:157–158 [comb. nov., descr., dist. (Asia), fig.]; Rothney, 1903:102 [cat.].

Salius malayanus Cameron, 1901:23–24 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♀?. Type locality: Malaysia, Kuala Aring. [synonymy with Batozonus orientalis ( Cameron, 1891) by Turner, 1915b:334].

Salius subfervens Cameron, 1901:24 [note].

Pompilus citherus Cameron, 1902a:89–90 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♂. Type locality: Sarawak, Kuching. [synonymy with Batozonus orientalis ( Cameron, 1891) by Turner, 1915:334].

Pompilus subfervens Cameron, 1902b:84–85 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♀. Type locality: India, Assam, Khasia Hills. [synonymy with Batozonus orientalis ( Cameron, 1891) by Turner, 1915b:334].

Pompilus braccatus Schulz, 1906:170 [lapsus calami for Pompilus bracatus Bingham, 1890 ; note].

Anoplius (Episyron) orientalis Turner, 1910:330 [comb. nov., dist.].

Pompilus basalis Matsumura, 1912:186 ; Matsumura, 1930:162; Matsumura, 1931:22.

Batozonus orientalis Turner, 1915b:334 [synonymies]; Banks, 1934:85 [notes, dist. ( Philippines)].

Psammochares (Episyron) rufipes funereipes Turner, 1915b:335 [misidentification according to Yasumatsu, 1937:46].

Batozonus bioculatus Williams, 1919:105 [descr.; biol.]; Ishii, 1927:183; Carpenter, 1930:287, 302 [biol. (from existing literature)]; Sonan, 1931:6; Uchida, 1932:142; Tosowa, 1932:99; Matsumura, 1932:11; Yano, 1932:292.

Episyron maculifrons Yashiro, 1927:27 ; Uchida, 1932:141; Matsumura, 1932:12; Tosowa, 1932:99.

Batozonus maculifrons Yasumatsu, 1937:44 [descr., dist. ( Japan), synonymy, notes, (note that the listed synonymy on page 52 includes Pompilus orientalis Dalla Torre, 1897:308 . This is an error and should refer to Ceropales orientalis Dalla Torre, 1897:344 )]; Baltazar, 1966:319 [cat., dist. ( Philippines)].

Batozonus bracatus Haupt, 1938b:47 [list, dist. ( China)].

Batozonus bracatus incrassata Haupt, 1938a:21 . Type data: type NHRM sex unknown. Type locality: China, Guangzhou (as Canton). [synonymy by Tsuneki, 1989:103].

Batozonellus bracatus Junco Y Reyes, 1962:512 [comb. nov., list., dist (World)].

Batozonellus maculifrons Esaki, 1954:1465 [descr.? (in Japanese)]; Tsuneki, 1988:41 [dist. ( Philippines)]; Tsuneki, 1989:103–104 [notes, dist. (Taiwan)]; Tadauchi, 1989 [(in Japanese)]; Lelej and Yamane, 1992:107 [list, dist. ( Japan and World)]; Shimizu, 1996:510 [list].

Batozonellus philippinensis Tsuneki, 1988:1 , 41–43. Type data: holotype whereabouts unknown ♂. Type locality: Philippines, Mindanao, Zamboanga, Pasonanca Park. [synonymy by Tsuneki, 1989:103].

Distribution: QLD, Burma (= Myanmar), China (People's Republic), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Ryukyu Islands (= Nansei Shoto).

Batozonellus tricolor ( Smith, 1868)

Pompilus tricolor Smith, 1868:242 . Type data: type BMNH ♂. Type locality: SA, Adelaide; Froggatt, 1892:214 [cat.].

Pompilus trichrous Dalla Torre, 1897:327 [unnecessary nom. nov. for Pompilus tricolor Smith, 1868 ; synonymy by Turner, 1915b:335].

Batozonus tricolor Turner, 1915b:335 [comb. nov.]; Turner, 1916:123 [descr., dist., notes on sexual dimorphism]; Tillyard, 1926: 292 [note]; Banks, 1941c:243 [dist.].

Batozonellus tricolor Junco Y Reyes, 1962:514 [comb. nov., cat.; locality given as Africa is an error.]; Evans et al. 1981:11 [prey].

Distribution: QLD, SA.

Prey records: Poecilopachys australasia (Griffin & Pigeon, 1833) (Araneidae) ( Evans et al., 1981)

Batozonellus vespoides ( Smith, 1868)

Pompilus vespoides Smith, 1868:244 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: South Australia (Moreton Bay?); Froggatt, 1892:214 [cat.].

Batozonus vespoides Turner, 1915b:335 [comb. nov.]; Turner, 1916:124 [descr., dist., notes.].

Batozonellus vespoides Junco Y Reyes, 1962:514 [comb. nov., cat.; Locality given as Africa is an error.].

Distribution: QLD, SA, VIC.

Ctenostegus Haupt, 1930

Ctenostegus Haupt, 1930a:685 . Type species: Sphex cingulata Fabricius, 1775 by original designation.

Aglochares Banks, 1941c:245 . Type species: Aglochares vachali Banks, 1941 by monotypy. [synonymy by Evans, 1976:1].

Aporus Riek, 1970:930 [misid. according to Evans, 1976:1; fig.].

Ctenostegus Evans, 1972a:14 [notes].

Ctenostegus Evans, 1976a:8 [descr., species groups, key to Australian spp.].

Ctenostegus Day, 1981:9 [notes (morphology, relationship to Turneromyia and Pompilus )].

Ctenostegus Naumann, 1991 :[975] [note; prey].

Species of Ctenostegus are readily collected in pitfall and malaise traps. It may well be the most speciose pompilid genus in Australia.

Ctenostegus acer ( Turner, 1910)

Aporus acer Turner, 1910:335–336 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.746 ♀ (Feb. 1891, RET). Type locality: QLD, Mackay.

Ctenostegus anomalus Haupt, 1930a:689 . Type data: holotype ZMB ♀. Type locality: Bismarck Archipelago. [synonymy by Evans, 1976:1].

Ctenostegus acer Evans, 1976a:88 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: NT, QLD, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea.

Ctenostegus adina Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus adina Evans, 1976a:32 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (18–22.ii.1970, HEE and RWM). Type locality: VIC, Yaapeet.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, SA, VIC.

Ctenostegus albicans Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus albicans Evans, 1976a:26 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (24–26.x.1972, HEE). Type locality: SA, Victory Well, Everard Park.

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus albiceps Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus albiceps Evans, 1976a:36 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (15.xi.1953, T. G. Campbell). Type locality: WA, Barrow I.

Distribution: WA.

Ctenostegus albomaculatus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus albomaculatus Evans, 1976a:36 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (4.xii.1968, N. McFarland, on Melaleuca ). Type locality: SA, 15 miles E. Eucla.

Distribution: SA, WA.

Ctenostegus amata Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus amata Evans, 1976a:41 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (14–23.x.1972, HEE). Type locality: SA, Musgrave Park (Amata) and vicinity.

Distribution: SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus apatelus ( Kohl, 1886)

Pompilus apatelus Kohl, 1886:330 . Type data: type NMW sex unknown. Type locality: WA, Swan River (as Neuholland (Swan River )); Froggatt, 1892:212 [cat.].

Ctenostegus apatelus Evans, 1976a:33 [desc., dist.].

Distribution: WA.

Ctenostegus aporoides Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus aporoides Evans, 1976a:81 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (30.x.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: SA, Olary.

Distribution: SA.

Ctenostegus binghi Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus binghi Evans, 1976a:85 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♂ (21.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, 4 miles E. Wilcannia.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus brevispinosus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus brevispinosus Evans, 1976a:64 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (17.i.1970, H. E. and M. A. Evans). Type locality: ACT, Canberra.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus buromi Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus buromi Evans, 1976a:37 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (22.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, Packsaddle, 111 miles N. Broken Hill.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus chicha Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus chicha Evans, 1976a:75 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (18–23.ii.1970, HEE and RWM). Type locality: Vic, Wyperfeld National Park , 25 miles N. Rainbow.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus cinctus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus cinctus Evans, 1976a:30 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (19.i.1970, H. E. and M.A. Evans). Type locality: ACT, Canberra.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus cingulatus ( Fabricius, 1775)

Sphex cingulata Fabricius, 1775:350 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: Australia (as nova Hollandia); Fabricius, 1781:448 [descr. (in Latin); dist.]; Fabricius, 1787:276 [descr. (in Latin)]; Gmelin, 1790:2729 [descr. (in Latin, dist.]; Christ, 1791:261; Fabricius, 1793:210 [descr. (in Latin); dist.]; Zimsen, 1964:394 [note on type].

Pompilus cingulatus Fabricius, 1798:247 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:280 [comb. nov., cat.].

Liris cingulata Fabricius, 1804:230 [comb. nov., descr. (in Latin), dist.].

Aporus cingulatus Smith, 1855:175 [comb. nov., cat., dist.]; Turner, 1910:334 [comb. nov., descr., dist.].

Ctenostegus cingulatus Junco Y Reyes, 1962:523 [comb. nov., cat.]; Evans, 1976a:12 [descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus complanatus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus complanatus Evans, 1976a:80 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (7.x.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: WA, 93 miles S. Carnarvon.

Distribution: WA.

Ctenostegus coracinus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus coracinus Evans, 1976a:27 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (31.x.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, 111 miles N. Broken Hill.

Distribution: NSW, SA, VIC.

Ctenostegus corowa Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus corowa Evans, 1976a:44 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (9.ii.1970, HEE and RWM). Type locality: ACT, Cotter Reserve , 10 miles W. Canberra.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, NT, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus darlingtoni Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus darlingtoni Evans, 1976a:33 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (20.v.1932,:J. Darlington, Jr.). Type locality: QLD, Coen , Cape York.

Distribution: QLD.

Ctenostegus deceptus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus deceptus Evans, 1976a:52 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (9–11.ix.1972, HEE and RWM). Type locality: WA, Derby and vicinity.

Ctenostegus deceptus Evans, 1982:151 [mimicry].

Distribution: WA.

Ctenostegus earindi Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus earindi Evans, 1976a:70 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♂ (18–21.x.1972, HEE). Type locality: SA, Mt Davies and vicinity, Tompkinson Ranges.

Distribution: SA.

Ctenostegus edeowie Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus edeowie Evans, 1976a:86 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♂ (29.x.1972, on flowers of Heteredendron oleifolium, Sapindaceae, HEE ). Type locality: SA, Edeowie Homestead, near Wilpena Pound.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, QLD, SA.

Ctenostegus facetus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus facetus Evans, 1976a:57 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (18–21.x.1972, HEE). Type locality: SA, Mt Davies and vicinity, Tompkinson Ranges.

Distribution: NSW, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus fraucai Evans, 1982

Ctenostegus fraucai Evans, 1982:152 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀. Type locality: QLD, Watalgan Range, via Rosedale.

Distribution: QLD.

Ctenostegus gibbosus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus gibbosus Evans, 1976a:92 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♂ (12.x.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: WA, 2 miles W. Coorow.

Distribution: VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus goobita Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus goobita Evans, 1976a:77 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (1–2.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, 4 miles E. Wilcannia.

Distribution: NSW, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus gracilis Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus gracilis Evans, 1976a:56 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (21–26.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, Packsaddle, 111 miles N. Broken Hill.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus gryphus Evans, 1982

Ctenostegus gryphus Evans, 1982:152 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀. Type locality: NT, Elizabeth River, 40 km SE of Darwin.

Distribution: NT.

Ctenostegus gundi Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus gundi Evans, 1976a:69 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (23–28.ix.1972, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NT, Roe Creek , 12 miles SW. Alice Springs.

Distribution: NSW, NT, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus hilli ( Turner, 1916)

Aporus hilli Turner, 1916:125 . Type data: type BMNH 19.748 ♀. Type locality: NT, Darwin. Ctenostegus hilli Evans, 1976a:22 [comb. nov., descr., dist., notes]; Evans, 1982:151 [mimicry]. Distribution: NT, QLD, WA.

Ctenostegus hirticulus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus hirticulus Evans, 1976a:50 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (2.ix.1962, R. Ranford). Type locality: NT, near Reedy Rockhole, Amadeus Basin.

Distribution: NT, WA.

Ctenostegus immitis ( Turner, 1910) Aporus immitis Turner, 1910:335 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.750 ♀. Type locality: QLD, Mackay .

Ctenostegus immitis Evans, 1976a:62 [comb. nov., descr., dist.].

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus innubus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus innubus Evans, 1976a:97 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♂ (22.xi.1969, Malaise trap, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, Packsaddle, 111 miles N. Broken Hill.

Distribution: NSW.

Ctenostegus iraga Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus iraga Evans, 1976a:71 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (21–26.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, Packsaddle, 111 miles N. Broken Hill.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus jariti Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus jariti Evans, 1976a:20 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (22–27.ix.1972, Malaise trap, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NT, 12–17 miles E. Alice Springs.

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus kanka Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus kanka Evans, 1976a:38 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (18–21.x.1972, HEE). Type locality: SA, Mt Davies and vicinity, Tompkinson Ranges.

Distribution: NT, SA.

Ctenostegus koonalda Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus koonalda Evans, 1976a:82 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (31.xii.1959,:Aitken). Type locality: SA, Koonalda.

Distribution: SA.

Ctenostegus koora Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus koora Evans, 1976a:17 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (27.x.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: SA, 25 miles W. Penong.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus kula Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus kula Evans, 1976a:68 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (22.xi.1969, Malaise trap, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, Packsaddle, 111 miles N. Broken Hill.

Distribution: NSW, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus meanjin Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus meanjin Evans, 1976a:53 . Type data: holotype QM ♀ (17.ii.1914, H. Hacker). Type locality: QLD, Brisbane.

Distribution: ACT, QLD, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus miaboolya Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus miaboolya Evans, 1976a:73 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (4.x.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: WA, Miaboolya Beach, 9 miles N. Carnarvon.

Distribution: WA.

Ctenostegus minya Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus minya Evans, 1976a:73–74 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (30.x.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: SA, Olary.

Distribution: QLD, SA.

Ctenostegus monstrosus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus monstrosus Evans, 1976a:83 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (3–7.x.1969, Malaise trap, HEE and RWM). Type locality: WA, Gascoyne Experiment Station , Carnarvon.

Distribution: NSW, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus munta Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus munta Evans, 1976a:46 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (24–26.x.1972, HEE). Type locality: SA, Victory Well, Everard Park.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus murrumbidgee Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus murrumbidgee Evans, 1976a:63 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (29.xii.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: ACT, Pine I. Reserve, 10 miles S. Canberra; Evans et al. 1981:12 [prey].

Distribution: ACT, Lord Howe Island, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus nullarbor Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus nullarbor Evans, 1976a:51 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (2.i.1960,:Aitken). Type locality: SA, 20 miles E. of 16–mile tank, Nullabor Plain.

Distribution: SA, WA.

Ctenostegus obscurus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus obscurus Evans, 1976a:59 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (24–26.x.1972, HEE). Type locality: SA, Victory Well, Evereard Park.

Distribution: SA.

Ctenostegus occidentalis Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus occidentalis Evans, 1976a:58 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (23–27.ix.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: WA, Lake Violet , 6 miles S. Wiluna.

Distribution: WA.

Ctenostegus ornatus Banks, 1941

Ctenostegus ornatus Banks, 1941c:244 . Type data: type BPBM ♀. Type locality: QLD, Prince of Wales Island, Cape York; Evans, 1976a:23 [descr., dist.].

Distribution: NT, QLD, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus ouyen Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus ouyen Evans, 1976a:48 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (24.ii.1970, HEE and RWM). Type locality: VIC, 12–21 miles N. Ouyen.

Distribution: ACT, NSW, NT, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus paradoxus Evans, 1976 Ctenostegus paradoxus Evans, 1976a:42 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (3–7.x.1969, HEE and RWM,

Malaise trap). Type locality: WA , Gascoyne Experiment Station , Carnarvon. Distribution: WA .

Ctenostegus piranpa Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus piranpa Evans, 1976a:16 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (23–27.ix.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: WA, Lake Violet , 6 miles S. Wiluna.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus praecipuus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus praecipuus Evans, 1976a:98 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♂ (6.i.1961, EFR). Type locality: ACT, Blundells.

Distribution: ACT.

Ctenostegus spilotus Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus spilotus Evans, 1976a:60 . Type data: holotype QM º (21–22.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, Packsaddle, 111 miles N. Broken Hill .

Distribution: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus temagog Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus temagog Evans, 1976a:40 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (24–26.x.1972, HEE). Type locality: SA, Victory Well, Everard Park.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus tennellus ( Turner, 1910)

Aporus tennellus Turner, 1910:336–337 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀ (Dec. 1900, RET). Type locality: QLD, Mackay.

Ctenostegus tenellus Evans, 1976a:79 [comb. nov., descr., dist.].

Distribution: QLD, SA.

Ctenostegus teren Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus teren Evans, 1976a:54 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (1–2.ix.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, 4 miles E. Wilcannia.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus thoorka Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus thoorka Evans, 1976a:21 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (1–2.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, 4 miles E. Wilcannia.

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus turuga Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus turuga Evans, 1976a:47 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (21–22.ii.1970, HEE and RWM). Type locality: VIC, 5–15 miles S. Rainbow.

Distribution: NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus warragai Evans, 1972

Ctenostegus warragai Evans, 1972a:14 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (27 Nov. 1969 (R.W. Matthews, note no. AM92 ), HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, 3 miles west of Wentworth ; Evans & Matthews,

1973:53 [biol.]; Evans, 1976a:18 [descr., dist.]. Distribution: NSW, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus weema Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus weema Evans, 1976a:72 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (19.ix.1972, Z. Liepa). Type locality: SA, Old Alton Downs, Simpson Desert.

Distribution: SA.

Ctenostegus wilcannia Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus wilcannia Evans, 1976a:26 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (1–2.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, 4 miles E. Wilcannia.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus wiru Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus wiru Evans, 1976a:34 . Type data: holotype SAMA ♀ (18–21.x.1972, HEE, Malaise trap). Type locality: SA, Mt Davies and vicinity, Tompkinson Ranges.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, VIC.

Ctenostegus wonka Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus wonka Evans, 1976a:24 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (22–27.ix.1972, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NT, 12–17 miles E. Alice Springs.

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, WA.

Ctenostegus woomba Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus woomba Evans, 1976a:84 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♂ (22.xi.1969, Malaise trap, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, Packsaddle, 111 miles N. Broken Hill.

Distribution: NSW, NT, SA, VIC, WA.

Ctenostegus wuruma Evans, 1976

Ctenostegus wuruma Evans, 1976a:76 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (27.xi.1969, HEE and RWM). Type locality: NSW, 3 miles W. Wentworth.

Distribution: NSW, SA.

Episyron Schiødte, 1837

Episyron Schiødte, 1837:341 . Type species: Sphex rufipes Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.

Epizuron Ashmead, 1902:82 [lapsus calami for Episyron Schiødte, 1837 ].

Spilopompilus Ashmead, 1902:81 . Type species: Pompilus biguttulatus Fabricius, 1798 (lapsus calami for Pompilus biguttatus Fabricius, 1798 ) by monotypy. [synonymy by Banks, 1911:221, 230].

Episyron Naumann, 1991:975 [note].

Specimens of Australian Episyron are rarely collected, though easily identified when examined due to the presence of scale-like pubescence on the first metasomal tergum, propodeum and thorax. The genus is cosmopolitan.

Episyron jubilans ( Turner, 1910)

Anoplius (Episyron) jubilans Turner, 1910:330–331 . Type data: type BMNH ♂. Type locality: QLD, Mackay.

Episyron jubilans Junco Y Reyes, 1962:489 [cat.].

Distribution: QLD.

Episyron kurandensis ( Turner, 1910)

Anoplius (Episyron) kurandensis Turner, 1910:333–334 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: QLD, Kuranda.

Episyron kurandensis Turner, 1917b:64 [comb. nov., notes]; Junco Y Reyes, 1962:489 [cat.].

Distribution: QLD.

Episyron limpidus ( Turner, 1910)

Anoplius (Episyron) limpidus Turner, 1910:332–333 . Type data: type BMNH ♀ ♂. Type locality: QLD, Kuranda near Cairns.

Psammochares limpidus Turner, 1917b:67 [comb. nov., dist.].

Episyron limpidus Junco Y Reyes, 1962:490 [comb. nov., cat. (lapsus calami on Turner's surname and date of publication as Yurn., 1910)].

Distribution: QLD.

Episyron pilifrons (Smith, 1858)

Pompilus pilifrons Smith, 1858b:12 . Type data: holotype OUM ♀. Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi (as Celebes); Smith, 1863b:132 [dist.]; Smith, 1871:353 [cat., dist.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:311 [cat., dist.]; Junco Y Reyes:52 [list].

Pompilus vigilans Smith, 1863a:29–30 . Type data: type OUM ♂. Type locality: Waigeou. [incorrectly listed as female by Smith; synonymy by Wahis, 1980:306]; Smith, 1863b:132. [dist.]; Smith, 1871:353 [cat., dist.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:335 [cat., dist.].

Pompilus cognatus Smith, 1865b:82 . Type data: holotype OUM ♂. Type locality: Morty Island. [synonymy by Wahis, 1980:306]; Smith, 1871:353 [cat., dist.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:281 [cat., dist.]; Junco Y Reyes, 1960:48 [list].

Anoplius (Episyron) lepidohirtus Turner, 1910:331–332 . Type data: lectotype BMNH ♀. Type locality: QLD, Mackay. Subsequent designation: Wahis, 1980:306. [synonymy by Wahis, 1980:306].

Episyron lepidohirtus Turner, 1917b:64 [comb. nov., notes]; Junco Y Reyes, 1962:489 [list].

Episyron pilifrons Banks, 1934:89 [comb. nov., descr., dist.]; Baltazar, 1966:320 [cat.].

Distribution: QLD, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines.

Ferreola Lepeletier, 1845

Platyderes Guérin –Méneville, 1844:435. Type species: Planiceps (Platyderes) erythrocephalus Guérin – Méneville, 1844 by subsequent designation, see Pate, 1946:101. [preoccupied Stephens, 1827].

Ferreola Lepeletier, 1845:467 . Type species: Ferreola algira Lepeletier, 1845 by monotypy.

Pseudoferreola Radoszkowsky, 1888:477 . Type species: Pseudoferreola striata Radoszkowsky, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Ashmead, 1902:83. [synonymy by Haupt 1927:285?].

Aporinus Ashmead, 1902:88 . Type species: Sphex dimidiata Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Pate, 1946:73, 113–114.

Prosalius Aurivillius, 1907:7–8 . Type species: Prosalius suecicus Aurivillius, 1907 by monotypy. [synonymy by Haupt, 1927:286].

Ferreola Naumann, 1991:975 [note].

Ferreola is also found in Europe, central Asia and Africa.

Ferreola collarella Evans, 1982

Ferreola collarella Evans, 1982:154 . Type data: holotype QM ♀. Type locality: QLD, Brisbane, Blunder Crk.

Distribution: QLD.

Ferreola handschini ( Haupt, 1935)

Sphex collaris Fabricius, 1775:349 . Type data: type BMNH sex unknown. Type locality: Australia (as nova Hollandia). [preoccupied Linneaus, 1767 see Day, 1979a:60]; Fabricius, 1781:447 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Fabricius, 1787:275 [descr. (in Latin)]; Fabricius, 1793:208 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Zimsen, 1964:385 [note on type].

Sphex australis Gmelin, 1790:2728 . [unnecessary new name for Sphex collaris Fabricius, 1775 , descr. (in Latin), dist.]

Pompilus collaris Fabricius, 1804:188 [comb. nov., descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:281 [cat., dist.].

Salius collaris Dahlbom, 1845:441 [in key].

Ferreola collaris Smith, 1855:169 [cat., dist.]; Froggatt, 1892:215 [cat.]; Tillyard, 1926:293 [note].

Platyderes handschini Haupt, 1935a:320 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown 2♂. Type locality: NT, Darwin .

Platyderes collaris Banks, 1941c:243 [dist.]; Riek, 1970:929 [note]; Williams & Adam, 1995:54 [list].

Ferreola handschini Day, 1979a:79 [comb. nov.]; Evans, 1982:151 [mimicry complex]; Naumann, 1991:975 [note].

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD.

Ferreola zebrata Saussure, 1867

Ferreola zebrata Saussure, 1867:48 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♀. Type locality: NSW.Sydney; Froggatt, 1892:215 [cat.].

Distribution: NSW, WA.

Homonotus Dahlbom, 1844

Isonotus Dahlbom, 1842:3 . Type species: Sphex sanguinolenta Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Stein, 1859:60. [preoccupied Lepeletier & Serville 1828, Perty 1833].

Homonotus Dahlbom, 1844:35 . Type species: Sphex sanguinolenta Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Stein, 1859:60.

Homotus Smith, 1855:168 [lapsus calami for Homonotus Dahlbom, 1844 ].

Wesmaelinius Costa, 1886:46 . Type species: Sphex sanguinolenta Fabricius, 1793 by original designation [synonymy by Schulz, 1911:131, 208].

Hemisalius Saussure, 1892:313. Type species: Salius (Hemisalius) albistylus Saussure, 1892 by original designation [synonymy by Schulz, 1911:131, 208].

Gilbertella Turner, 1917c:150. Type species: Planiceps umbraticus Turner, 1910 by original designation. [as subgenus of Homonotus . Synonymy by Arnold, 1935a:468].

Homonotus has also been recorded from eastern and western Europe, Japan, Zambia, India, Sri Lanka and the Afrotropical region.

Homonotus exulans ( Turner, 1910)

Pedinaspis exulans Turner, 1910:338 . Type data: type BMNH ♀ (Type depository not confirmed) . Type locality: QLD, Mackay .

Homonotus exulans Turner, 1917:148 [comb. nov., descr., dist.]; Yasumatsu, 1932:298 [list].

Distribution: QLD.

Homonotus nudiventris ( Turner, 1910)

Pedinaspis nudiventris Turner, 1910:339 . Type data: type BMNH ♀ (Type depository not confirmed) . Type locality: QLD, Mackay .

Homonotus nudiventris Turner, 1917:148 [comb. nov., descr., dist.]; Yasumatsu, 1932:298 [list].

Distribution: QLD.

Homonotus umbraticus ( Turner, 1910)

Planiceps umbraticus Turner, 1910:337 . Type data: type BMNH ♀ (Type depository not confirmed) . Type locality: QLD, Mackay .

Homonotus (Gilbertella) umbraticus Turner, 1917:151 [comb. nov., descr., dist.]; Yasumatsu, 1932:298 [list].

Distribution: QLD.

Idiaporina Evans, 1974

Idiaporina Evans, 1974:257 . Type species: Idiaporina canberra Evans, 1974 by original designation. Idiaporina Naumann, 1991:975 [note; fig.].

Specimens of this endemic genus are readily identified by their distinctive wing venation.

Idiaporina canberra Evans, 1974

Idiaporina canberra Evans, 1974:259–260 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (23 Dec 1929 (L.F. Graham )). Type locality: ACT, Black Mountain , Canberra.

Distribution: ACT.

Idiaporina pitjantjara Evans, 1974

Idiaporina pitjantjara Evans, 1974:260 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♂ (18–21 Oct. 1972 (H.E. Evans, in Malaise trap )). Type locality: SA, Mt. Davies and vicinity, Tompkinson Ranges.

Distribution: SA.

Microphadnus Cameron, 1904

Microphadnus Cameron, 1904:212 . Type species: Microphadnus bicolor Cameron, 1904 by subsequent designation, see Arnold, 1937:68.

Plagioceps Haupt, 1930a:777 . Type species: Aporus pumilus Costa, 1882 by original designation. [synonymy by Arnold, 1937:67].

Microphadnus is also recorded from southern Europe, South Africa and Turkey.

Microphadnus antipodes Evans, 1981

Microphadnus antipodes Evans, 1981:81–83 . Type data: holotype QM ♀ (16–19 October 1979 (H.E. and M.A. Evans and A. Hook )). Type locality: Eungella National Park , 80 km NW Mackay, Queensland. [descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: NSW, QLD.

Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884

Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884:306 . Type species: Paracyphononyx melanicrus Gribodo, 1884 by monotypy.

Schistosalius Saussure, 1892:313 . Type species: Salius elliotii Saussure, 1891 by subsequent designation, see Ashmead, 1902:84. [synonymy by Haupt, 1929:167, 170].

Ferreolomorpha Ashmead, 1900b:188 . Type species: Pompilus pedestris Smith, 1855 by monotypy. [synonymy by Banks, 1934:86].

Allocyphonyx Ashmead, 1902:136 . Type species: Pompilus maurus Cresson, 1867 by original designation. [synonymy by Evans, 1951:304].

Paracyphonyx Ashmead, 1902:81 . [lapsus calami for Paracyphononyx Magretti, 1884 ; Ashmead also listed the wrong type species for the genus].

Pompiloides Šustera, 1912:180 , 203. Type species: Pompilus ruficrus Klug, 1834 by original designation.

Dicyrtomus Haupt, 1927:150 , 256. Type species: Pompilus ruficrus Klug, 1834 by original designation [synonymy by Gussakovsky, 1935].

Atopopompilus Arnold, 1937:22 . Type species: Pompilus venans Kohl, 1894 by original designation. [synonymy by Evans, 1966:424].

Dicyrtoma Bradley, 1944a:93 [lapsus calami for Dicyrtomus, Haupt 1927 ].

Anacyphononyx Haupt, 1950:59 . Type species: Pompilus semiplumbeus Taschenberg, 1869 by original designation. [synonymy by Evans, 1966:424; note that Banks 1946:520 erected the genus Anacyphonyx , for five South American species, a fact that may have been overlooked by Haupt when choosing such a similar name for this genus].

Paracyphononyx Naumann, 1991:975 [note].

Paracyphononyx is a cosmopolitan genus best represented in the tropical and temperate regions of the world.

Paracyphononyx consimilis ( Smith, 1879)

Pompilus consimilis Smith, 1879:152 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: Queensland; Froggatt, 1892:212 [cat.].

Calopompilus consimilis Schulz, 1911:116 , 208 [comb. nov.].

Psammochares consimilis Turner, 1917b:65 [comb. nov., descr.].

Paracyphononyx consimilis Evans, 1982:151 [comb. nov., mimicry]; Anderson et al., 1982:545 [list].

Distribution: QLD.

Paracyphononyx sericops ( Turner, 1910)

Anoplius sericops Turner, 1910:329–330 . Type data: type BMNH ♀ (Type locality unconfirmed) . Type locality: QLD, Mackay .

Anoplius sericops Junco Y Reyes, 1959:46 [list].

Paracyphononyx sericops Forster, 1994:215 [comb. nov. (attributable to M. Schneider as insect identifier in this work?), note].

Distribution: QLD.

Adult food sources: Gomphocarpus physocarpus E. Mey. (Asclepiadaceae) ( Forster, 1994:215)

Pompilus Fabricius, 1798

Pompilus Fabricius, 1798:212 . Type species: Pompilus pulcher Fabricius, 1798 (= Sphex cinerea Fabricius, 1775 ) by subsequent designation, see ICZN, 1946.

Psammochares McKeown, 1942:185 [list].

Chionopompilus Priesner, 1955:15 , 164. Type species: Chionopompilus rabinovitchi Priesner, 1955 (= Pompilus niveus Saunders, 1901 ) by original designation. [synonymy by Day, 1981:7].

Pompilus Riek, 1970:931 [note, figs.].

Pompilus Evans, 1972a:11 [notes].

Pompilus Naumann, 1991:977 [figs.].

Pompilus was revised by Day (1981) and restricted to a few Old World species. Wasbauer & Kimsey (1985) rejected the work of Day and retained the subgeneric classification that had been in use. Apart from Pompilus cinereus , which as a synonym of the type of the genus and would be included in Pompilus s. str., none of the Australian species recorded in Pompilus s. l. have been placed in subgenera. Consequently, I am ignoring the subgeneric arrangement until further examination of the genus determines its validity and the Australian species are placed.

Pompilus audax Westwood, 1842

Pompilus audax Westwood, 1842:53–54 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♂. Type locality: SA, Port Lincoln; Westwood, 1845:139–141; Dalla Torre, 1897:275. [cat., dist.; note that in his catalogue Dalla Torre lists Pompilus audax Westwood from the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (1842) 3(2) p. 44. I have examined this volume and cannot locate this name on the page. Page 44 is occupied by an article by E. Newman on the Popillia ( Coleoptera ). No other articles in this volume by Westwood list this name. In his description in 1845 Westwood did not cite any prior references. The appearance of the name in the Proceedings is the only reference prior to 1845 that I can locate]

Distribution: SA.

Pompilus caerulescens Dalla Torre, 1897

Pompilus caeruleus Smith, 1879:151 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: New Hebrides (= Vanuatu), Fiji or Solomon Islands. [preoccupied Taschenberg, 1869].

Pompilus caerulescens Dalla Torre, 1897:278 . [nom. nov. for Pompilus caeruleus Smtih, 1879 ; cat., dist. (Dalla Torre records the locality as Australia though Smith only recorded localities of New Hebrides (= Vanuatu), Fiji and the Solomons)].

Distribution: Australia, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.

Pompilus cinereus ( Fabricius, 1775)

Sphex cinerea Fabricius, 1775:350 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀. Type locality: Australia; Fabricius, 1781:449 [descr. (in Latin); dist.]; Gmelin, 1790:2732 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Fabricius, 1793:213. [descr. (in Latin); dist.]; Zimsen, 1964:386 [note on type].

Sphex plumbea Fabricius, 1787:278 . Type data: holotype ZMUC ♀. Type locality: Spain. [synonymy by Evans, 1972a:11; the page in Fabricius' work in the Australian Museum library is erroneously numbered 178]; Villers, 1789:242; Gmelin, 1790:2733 [descr. (in Latin, dist. ( Spain)]; Rossi, 1792:127; Fabricius, 1793:220; Zimsen, 1964:391 [note on type].

Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1798:250 [comb. nov., descr. (in Latin), dist]; Fabricius, 1804:194 [descr. (in Latin); dist.]; Froggatt, 1892:212 [cat.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:280 [cat.; dist.]; Evans, 1972a:11 [notes]; Evans & Matthews, 1973:52 [biol.]; Richards, 1978:130 [list.]; Day, 1979:10 [synonymy, note]; Medler, 1980:472 [list]; Day, 1981:5–28 [descr. dist., synonymies, figs., notes]; Evans et al. 1981:11 [prey]; Gros, 1983:30 [biol., hosts, notes on literature]; Veenendaal, 1984:17–19 [list, English abstract, note]; Wasbauer & Kimsey, 1985:63 [note on the revision by Day, 1981]; Wahis, 1986:18, 43, 51 [cat]; Vikberg, 1986:72 [list]; Piek & Spanjer, 1986:177 [host paralysis]; Oehlke & Wolf, 1987:349 [descr., biol., dist. ( Germany)]; Day, 1988a:18, 21, 25, 33 [list, inclusion in key, notes]; Day, 1988b:243 [note]; Karsai, 1989:223–232 [environmental factors affecting behaviour]; Tadauchi, 1989 [(in Japanese)]; Naumann, 1991: 975 [note]; Lellej & Yamane, 1992:105–106 [list, new synonymy, dist. ( Japan and World), note]; Weber et al. 1992:192 [list]; Wolf, 1993:1000 [list]; Shimizu, 1996:510 [list]; Madl, 1997:826 [list, dist. ( Turkey)]; Harris 1999:143 [note]; Kuhlmann, 1999:567 [list]; Fuente Coello, 2000:74, 75 [prey carriage, host behaviour (in Spanish)]; Zsolt, 2001:275 [list]; O’Neill, 2001:Table 10–6 [note]; Van der Smissen, 2001:22, 57, 90 [list, notes (in German)]; Anon, 2002:14 [list]; Wahis, 2002: [list]; Hautier et al., 2003:44 [list]; van Achterberg, & Peeters, 2004:29 [list]; Stolle et al., 2004:378 [list]; Else, 2005:119 [list].

Pompilus pulcher Fabricius, 1798:249 . Type data: holotype MNHP ♀ (Holotype presumed lost according to Day, 1981:12). Type locality: Italy. [synonymy by Evans, 1972a:11]; Coquebert, 1801:52 [desc. (in Latin), dist. ( Italy)]; Fabricius, 1804:193 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Jurine, 1807:121 [list]; Spinola, 1808:172; Van der Linden, 1827:307; Dahlbom, 1829:9; Stephens, 1829b:33 [list]; Stephens, 1829a:360 [list]; Herrich–Schaeffer, 1830:117; Dahlbom, 1832:65; Shuckard, 1837:49 [descr. (in Latin and English), dist. (Britain)]; Dahlbom, 1843:42; Dahlbom, 1845:444 [in key]; Lepeletier, 1845:424; Lucas, 1846:268; Smith, 1855:122 [cat., as synonym of Pompilus plumbeus ( Fabricius, 1787) ]; Gerstaecker, 1862:485; Jacobs, 1877:XXXIV [list]; Radoszkowsky, 1877:17; Radoszkowsky, 1888:464; Tourmier, 1889:170; Ferton, 1891:286, 292–293 [behaviour]; Ferton, 1897:105–106, 130–131 [note, list, prey]; Ferton, 1901:124, 128 [list, prey]; Ferton, 1911:377 [list, prey]; Wilcke, 1942:25 [invalid designation as type of Pompilus Fabricius, 1798 ]; Blüthgen, 1944:52 [note on designation as type by International Congress]; ICZN, 1946:379, 381, 388. [designation as type of Pompilus Fabricius, 1798 ]; Beaumont, 1946:164 [list, dist. (Europe)]; Wolf, 1959:159; Grandi, 1961:77–79 [behaviour, prey]; Zimsen, 1964:386 [note on type]; Priesner, 1966a:125 [list]; Priesner, 1968:174–176 [descr. (in German), note]; Steiner, 1986:89 [literature review of stinging]; Melville & Smith, 1987:153, 279 [type species of Pompilus Fabricius, 1798 ].

Pepsis plumbea Fabricius, 1804:215 [comb. nov., descr. (in Latin), dist.].

Pompilus plumbeus Spinola, 1808:172 ; Dahlbom, 1843:42; Smith, 1855:122 [cat., dist (Europe and Africa)]; Wesmael, 1851:458; Schenck, 1857:228; Smith, 1858c:58; Taschenberg, 1858:66, 68; Smith, 1863c:55; Taschenberg, 1866:215–216 [descr., inclusion in key]; Thomson, 1870:217–218 [descr. (in Latin)]; Walker, 1871:15 [list]; Müller, 1873:465; Girard, 1873: CLXXXVII, CCVII [note (in French)]; Thomson, 1874:143; Girard, 1879:976; Marquet, 1879:173; Saunders, 1880:234; Costa, 1881:25; Henrich, 1882:124; De Bormans, 1885:CXLVIII; Costa, 1887:58; Magretti, 1887:231; Nicolas, 1888:332 [notes]; Tournier, 1889:170; Saunders, 1893:56, 60; Gribodo, 1894:145; Meunier, 1896:10; Dalla Torre, 1897:311 [cat., dist.]; Saunders, 1901:550 [list, dist. ( Algeria)]; Chyzer, 1902:32 [dist ( Hungary)]; Lameere, 1907:278 [in key]; Latter, 1913:8–14 [behaviour]; Szilady, 1914:88 [dist ( Hungary)]; Perkins, 1920: 35–36 [note, inclusion in key]; Nordström, 1921:14 [note (in Finnish)]; Fahringer, 1922:174 [list, dist. (Europe)]; Berland, 1924:335 [prey (in French)]; Crèvecoeur, 1927:307 [notes (biol.)(in French)]; Crèvecoeur, 1929:360 [notes (biol.)(in French)]; Hobby, 1930:31 [as prey]; Step, 1932:66 [descr.]; Arnold, 1935b:504; Richards & Hamm, 1939:52–53, 55, 57–58, 74–78, 109 [biol. (historical and new records)]; Wilcke, 1942:23–25 [notes (recorded from the Netherlands)]; Móczár, 1943:141–147, 151–152 [nesting, prey]; Crèvecoeur, 1945:157 [nesting]; Kloet & Hincks, 1945:318; Beaumont, 1946:164 [list, dist. (Europe)]; Bristowe, 1948:13–14, 18, 20–22 [prey capture, searching behaviour, observations on behaviour)]; Evans, 1951:208–209 [notes]; Móczár, 1952a:388 [list, dist. ( Italy)]; Móczár, 1952b:86; Eichler, 1953:25–29 [nesting, prey]; Evans, 1953:161 [ethology]; Grandi, 1954:121, 228 [prey (in Italian), dist. ( Italy)]; Móczár, 1956:41–41 [inclusion in key, dist., prey, fig.]; Morel et al., 1956:340 [[list, dist. ( France)]; Ceballos, 1956:352 [catalogue, dist. ( Spain)]; Berland, 1958:71–72 [descr., prey]; Baerends, 1959:228 [note]; Olberg, 1959:153, 165, 170, 223, 228 [nesting, prey, figs.]; Ceballos, 1959:228 [list]; Wolf, 1960:10 [list, dist. ( Italy)]; Stritt, 1963:101 [list, dist ( Germany)]; Soyer, 1963:97– 117 [nesting]; Valkeila et al., 1963:41; Valkeila et al., 1964:75; Ceballos, 1964: 85 [list]; Priesner, 1966b:190 [list]; Wolf, 1967b:526 [list]; Priesner, 1968:174 [note]; Beaumont, 1970:254 [list]; Evans & West Eberhard, 1970:116, 211 [nesting, fig. (sourced from Olberg, 1959)]; Stritt, 1971:103 [list]; Schaefer, 1972:190 [note (in German)]; Haeseler, 1972:154, 201 [list]; Spoczynska, 1975:109 [note on nesting]; Steiner, 1986:89 [literature review of stinging]; van Ooijen, 1978; Tobias, 1978:126 [in key (in Russian)]; Day, 1988a:18 [list (as synonym of Pompilus cinereus )]; Harris, 1999:230 [fig. redrawn from Evans, 1958].

Pompilus plumbea Jurine, 1807:122 [list]; Dahlbom, 1843:42, 21 [cited in Saussure, 1867:47]; Aurivil- lius, 1907:10, 21–22 [descr. (in Swedish), dist. ( Sweden)]; Nedelkov, 1914 [sourced from Wahis, 2002:80].

Pompilus argyrostoma Stephens, 1829a:360 [list]; Stephens, 1829b:33 [list]. I have been unable to ascertain the status of this name. It was listed in the catalogue of Stephens (1829a) and again in the abbreviated list of Stephens (1829b) without any description or illustration. I have been unable to consult Stephens’ subsequent illustrated works to determine if he published an illustration of it. Further investigation is required to determine if the name is nomen nudum. [synonymy by Smith, 1855b:98]

Ferreola plumbea Saussure, 1867:47 . [comb. nov., descr. (in Latin)].

Pompilus pruinosus Smith, 1879:147 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀. Type locality: India. [Junior primary homonym of Pompilus pruinosus Smith, 1855 ; Synonymy with Pompilus plumbeus by Arnold, 1937:47].

Pompilus chevrieri Tournier, 1889:169 . Type data: lectotype GMNH ♀. Subsequent designation: Beaumont, 1946:164. Type locality: Switzerland [synonymy by Day, 1981:12].

Pompilus leprosus Dalla Torre, 1897:298 [nom. nov. for Pompilus pruinosus Smith, 1879 ; synonymy by Day, 1981:12].

Pompilus plumbeicolor Dalla Torre, 1897:311 . Type data: holotype NMW ♀. Type locality: South Africa. [nom. nov. for Ferreola plumbea Saussure, 1867 ; synonymy by Day, 1981:12].

Pompilus ithonus Cameron, 1908:301 . Type data: lectotype BMNH ♀. Subsequent designation: Day, 1981:12. Type locality: India. [synonymy by Day, 1981:12].

Pompilus sericeibalteatus Cameron, 1910:250 . Type data: holotype NHRM ♂. Type locality: Tanzania. [synonymy by Day, 1981:12].

Psammochares plumbeus Šustera, 1912:210 . [invalid subsequent designation of type –species for Psammochares Latrielle, 1796 ]; Nordström & Forsius, 1928:3 [dist. ( Finland)]; Giner Marí, 1934:137 [list]; Haupt, 1927:151, 327–329 [as type of Psammochares Latrielle, 1796 ; prey, behaviour]; Bristowe, 1928:11 [prey]; Grandi, 1928:27–28 [prey, notes (in Italian)]; Grandi, 1929:283 [note (in Italian)]; Grandi, 1930:332, 340 [prey, list (in Italian)]; Müller, 1930:181; Butterfield & Fordham, 1930:368 [list, prey]; Smiedenknecht, 1930:610, 617 [inclusion in key]; Crèvecoeur, 1931:183, 186 [biol. (in French)]; Krogerus, 1932:123 [list]; Grandi, 1934:23–24, 126 [prey, nest, list (in Italian)]; Haupt, 1934:175 [list, dist. ( Italy)]; Haupt, 1937b:80, 91–92 [note, dist. ( Germany)]; Arnold, 1937:44–47 [descr., designation as genotype, inclusion in key to Ethiopian spp., figs.]; Ceballos, 1941:304 [fig.]; Junco Y Reyes, 1942:309 [note]; Giner Mari, 1947:30 [list]; Atanassov, 1951 [sourced from Wahis, 2002:80].

Pompilius plumbeus Szilady, 1914:88 [lapsus calami for Pompilus plumbeus ( Fabricius, 1787) ].

Psammochares (Psammochares) plumbeus Šustera, 1922:62 [list]; Haupt, 1927:152, 161, 179–181 [in key, descr. (in German), dist. (Europe)]; Nordström & Forsius, 1928:6 [dist. ( Finland)]; Šustera, 1938:211 [dist (World and Czechoslovakia)(in Czech)].

Psammochares (Psammochares) plumbeus pulchra Haupt, 1927:181 [descr. (in German), dist. (Europe and Africa)]; Müller, 1930:181.

Sericopompilus bivittatus Banks, 1934:97 . Type data: lectotype USNM ♀. Subsequent designation: Day, 1981:13. Type locality: Philippines. [synonymy by Day, 1981:13; Tsuneki, 1988:34 obviously missed the synonymy by Day and transferred bivittatus to Pompilus , stating that it was close to P. plumbeus , a synonym of P.cinereus ]; Baltazar, 1966:323 [cat., dist. ( Philippines)].

Psammochares (Psammochares) plumbeus maroccana Nadig & Nadig, 1935:10 . [nomen nudum.].

Psammochares bilineatus Arnold, 1937:49–50 . Type data: holotype TM ♀. Type locality: South Africa, Bothaville, Orange Free State [descr., dist. figs.); misidentification according to Day, 1981:13; synonymy by Day, 1981:13].

Psammochares latilabris Arnold, 1937:47–48 . Type data: type BMNH ♂. Type locality: Northern Rhodesia. [misassociation of sexes and misid. according to Day, 1981:13; synonymy by Day, 1981:13; descr, dist. (Ethiopian region) figs.].

Aporoideus clarus Banks, 1941a:359 . Type data: holotype ANSP ♀. Type locality: Madagascar.

[synonymy by Day, 1981:13].

Psamochares plumbeau Scobiola, 1948:171 [lapsus calami for Psammochares plumbeus Fabricius, 1787 ; dist. ( Romania), note].

Pompilus (Pompilus) plumbeus Šustera, 1955:406 [list]; Wahis, 1955:13 [list]; Wahis, 1962:331 [list, dist. ( Belgium)]; Valkeila, 1962:66; Wahis, 1963:84 [list, dist. ( Greece)]; Lehrer & Lehrer, 1965:60 [cat., dist. ( Romania)].

Pompilus (Pompilus) pulcher Wolf, 1959:159 [dist. (World and Europe), note]; Priesner, 1962:48 [list, dist. ( Italy)]; Grandi, 1962:94 [list, dist. ( Italy)]; Priesner, 1965:67 [list, dist. ( Greece)].

Pompilus plumbeus plumbeus Wolf, 1967a:14 , 25 [list, dist. (World and Finland)]; Oehlke, 1968:312–313 [list, note, prey, dist (World and Europe)]; Wolf, 1970b:400 [list, dist. ( Italy)]; Wolf & Dinz, 1970:7 [dist. (Europe and North Africa)]; Wolf, 1971:33 [notes (biol.), prey, dist. (World and former Czechoslovakia)]; Wolf, 1972b:90–91 [descr., in key]; Erlandsson, 1974:52 [list, dist. (Europe)]; Šedivý, 1989:163 [list (from Wolf, 1971)].

Pompilus pulcher placidus Priesner, 1968:176 [unavailable. Proposed for a form.].

Pompilus plumbeus lusitanicus Wolf & Dinz, 1970:7 , 19. Type data: holotype NMW ♀. Type locality: Portugal. [synonymy by Day, 1981 p.14].

Pompilus plumbeus pulcher Wolf & Dinz, 1970:8 [dist. ( Spain)].

Pompilus plumbeus chevrieri Wolf, 1972a:84 [dist. (Europe)]; Wolf, 1972b:90–91 [descr., in key].

Pompilus plumbeus gotlandicus Wolf, 1972a:83–84 . Type data: holotype NHRM ♀. Type locality: Sweden. [synonymy by Day, 1981:14].

Pompilus plumbeus lucitanicus Erlandsson, 1974:52 [lapsus calami for Pompilus plumbeus lusitanicus Wolf & Dinz, 1970 ; list, dist. ( Portugal)]

Pompilus bivittatus Tsuneki, 1988:34–36 [descr., notes, measurements, dist. ( Philippines and Thailand), fig.].

Pompilus (Pompilus) ami Tsuneki, 1989:117–120 . Type data: holotype USNM sex unknown (14.vi.1968, K. Tsuneki). Type locality: Taiwan, Taoyun Pref., Kuangyin. [synonymy by Lelej & Yamane, 1992:105].

Pompilus (Pompilus) bunun Tsuneki, 1989:118–120 . Type data: holotype USNM ♀ (20.vii.1966, K. Tsuneki). Type locality: Taiwan, Chaiyi Pref., Chuchi. [synonymy by Lelej & Yamane, 1992:105].

Pompilus (Pompilus) tsou Tsuneki, 1989:118–119 . Type data: holotype USNM ♂ (6.viii.1980, T. Nambu). Type locality: Taiwan, Taipei Pref., Laonei. [synonymy by Lelej & Yamane, 1992:105].

Distribution: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Greece, France, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Madagascar, Morocco, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom.

Prey records ( Australia only): Arctosa spp. (Lycosidae) ; Anoteropsis sp. (Pisauridae) ( Evans & Matthews, 1973), Allocosa palabunda (Koch, 1877) (as Lycosa palabunda Koch ); Lycosa laeta Koch, 1877 ; Lycosa sp. (Lycosidae) ( Evans et al., 1981). For a summary of extralimital prey records consult Richards & Hamm, 1939:76–77.

Remarks: Pompilus cinereus ( Fabricius, 1775) is a widespread species with a number of synonyms and a rich literature on many aspects of its biology. The synonymy of Pompilus plumbeus ( Fabricius, 1787) and Pompilus pulcher ( Fabricius, 1798) with P. cinereus is here attributed to Evans (1972a), though Smith (1855) and Dalla Torre (1897) listed P. pul cher as a synonym of P. plumbeus in their catalogues and numerous other authors have also listed the synonymy prior to Evans. These previous synonymies appear to have been ignored and it is only after the publication of Evans (1972a) that the name Pompilus cinereus ( Fabricius, 1775) appears to dominate in the literature.

Pompilus flavicornis Smith, 1855

Pompilus flavicornis Smith, 1855:163 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: NSW, Port Stephens (as New Holland (Port Stephen)); Froggatt, 1892:212 [cat.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:289 [cat., dist.]; Schulz, 1911:92 [suggested possible transfer to Pseudagenia (= Auplopus ) or Agenia ].

Distribution: NSW.

Pompilus infandus Smith, 1868

Pompilus infandus Smith, 1868:244 . Type data: type BMNH ♂. Type locality: Australia; Froggatt, 1892:213 [cat.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:295 [cat., dist.].

Distribution: Australia.

Pompilus lugubris Smith, 1868

Pompilus lugubris Smith, 1868:242 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: WA, Champion Bay; Froggatt, 1892:213 [cat.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:299 [cat., dist.].

Distribution: WA.

Pompilus lunulatus ( Saussure, 1867) comb. nov.

Pogonius lunulatus Saussure, 1867:58 . Type data: type status and whereabouts unknown ♀. Type locality: NSW, Sydney; Froggatt, 1892:215 [cat.].

Pompilus spectrum Kohl, 1886:329 . Type data: type NMW sex unknown. Type locality: NSW, Sydney (as Sidney). [synonymy by Turner, 1910:317]; Froggatt, 1892:214 [cat.]; Schulz, 1911:125, 208 [as synonym of Pompilus lunulatus ( Saussure, 1867) ].

Agenia lunulata Dalla Torre, 1897:338 [comb. nov., cat., dist.].

Pseudagenia lunulata Turner, 1910:317 [comb. nov., descr.].

Pompilus lunulatus Schulz, 1911:124–125 , 208 [comb. nov.].

Deuteragenia lunulata Junco Y Reyes, 1951:165 [comb. nov., cat.].

Distribution: NSW.

Remarks: Junco Y Reyes (1951) placed this species in Deuteragenia, Šustera, 1913 (now a subgenus of Dipogon Fox, 1897 ) along with other species placed in Pogonius, Dahlbom 1845 . However, he may have been unaware of Schulz’s (1911) earlier placement in Pompilus and Saussure’s description which states that the abdomen is sessile. As Dipogon has not previously been recorded from Australia and Junco Y Reyes made a number of other errors relating to Australian material I retain the species in Pompilus until its exact placement is determined.

Pompilus pictifrons Smith, 1855

Pompilus pictifrons Smith, 1855:165 . Type data: type BMNH ♂. Type locality: SA, Adelaide; Froggatt, 1892:213 [cat.]; Dalla Torre, 1897:310 [cat., dist.].

Distribution: SA.

Pompilus sanguinicolor Smith, 1879

Pompilus sanguinolentus Smith, 1879:132 . Type data: type BMNH ♀. Type locality: WA, Swan River. [preoccupied Fabricius, 1793]; Froggatt, 1892:214 [cat.].

Pompilus sanguinicolor Dalla Torre, 1897:319 [nom. nov. for Pompilus sanguinolentus Smith, 1879 ].

Distribution: WA.

Telostegus Costa, 1887

Telostegus Costa, 1887:88 . Type species: Aporus major Costa, 1881 by monotypy. [There is some dispute in the literature over the page number that this genus was described on i.e. 88 or 89. I was unable to obtain the reference and thus are unable to provide a solution.].

Elaphrosyron Haupt, 1929c:120 . Type species: Elaphrosyron heinrichi Haupt, 1930 by subsequent designation, see Haupt, 1930b:597. [synonymy by Wahis, 2000c:93].

Protelostegus Priesner, 1955:167 . Type species: Protelostegus arnoldi Priesner, 1955 by monotypy. [synonymy by Evans, 1972 p. 2;].

Elaphrosyron Evans, 1972a:2 [descr., fig., Australian sp.].

Telostegus Evans, 1972a:4 [descr., figs., Australian spp.].

Elaphrosyron Naumann, 1991:975 [prey].

Telostegus Naumann, 1991:975 [prey].

Wahis (2000c) synonymised Elaphrosyron Haupt, 1929 with Telostegus . Consequently, the single species of Elaphrosyron recorded from Australia is here listed under Telostegus .

Telostegus nigrocinerascens ( Turner, 1910)

Aporus nigrocinerascens Turner, 1910:334–335 ]. Type data: type BMNH ♀ (summer 1899, Turner Coll.) . Type locality: MacKay , Queensland, Australia .

Telostegus nigrocinerascens Evans, 1972a:5 [comb. nov., descr., dist., fig.]; Evans & Matthews, 1973:51 [biol.]; Evans et al. 1981:11 [prey].

Distribution: NSW, QLD.

Prey records: Diaea multopunctata Koch, 1874 (Thomisidae) ( Evans & Matthews, 1973:52), Diaea evanida (Koch, 1867) (Thomisidae) ( Evans et al., 1981)

Telostegus socius (Evans, 1972)

Elaphrosyron socius Evans, 1972a:2 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (25 Feb. 1970 (H.E. Evans and R.W. Matthews)). Type locality: Boundary Bend, Victoria; Evans & Matthews, 1973:48 [biol.]; Matthews & Matthews, 1978:141 [fig. (oviposition), note].

Distribution: SA, VIC, WA.

Prey records: Tharpyna campestrata Koch, 1874 ; Tharpyna sp. ; Cymbacha festiva Koch, 1874 ; Diaea sp. (Thomisidae) ( Evans & Matthews, 1973:50).

Parasites: Protomiltogramma sp. (Diptera) ; Ceropales ligea Bingham, 1903 ( Hymenoptera : Pompilidae ) ( Evans & Matthews, 1973:49–50).

Telostegus thomisivorus Evans, 1972

Telostegus thomisivorus Evans, 1972a:8 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (8–9 October 1969 (R.W. Matthews, note no. AM22)). Type locality: Nilemah Station, 50 miles south of Denham, Western Australia; Evans & Matthews, 1973: 50 [biol.].

Distribution: WA.

Prey records: Diaea spp. (Thomisidae) ( Evans & Matthews, 1973:51)

Telostegus turneri Evans, 1972

Telostegus turneri Evans, 1972a:10 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♂ (1–12 Dec. 1913 (R.E. Turner )). Type locality: Yallingup, Western Australia.

Distribution: WA.

Turneromyia Banks, 1941

Turneromyia Banks, 1941c:243 . Type species: Anoplius ahrimanes Turner, 1910 by monotypy.

Turneromyia Evans, 1984:1–59 [generic revision]

Turneromyia Naumann, 1991:975 [note, fig.].

Specimens of Turneromyia are often similar in appearance to Ctenostegus and it is usually difficult to separate the two genera on the wing, apart from the fact that Turneromyia tend to be slightly larger.

Turneromyia ahrimanes ( Turner, 1910)

Anoplius ahrimanes Turner, 1910:326 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀. Type locality: Townsville, QLD.

Psammochares ahrimanes Turner, 1917b:69 [comb. nov., dist.].

Turneromyia ahrimanes Banks, 1941c:243 [comb. nov., descr.]; Evans, 1984:47–50 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs.].

Anoplius ahrimaves Junco Y Reyes, 1959:46 [comb. nov., list; lapsus calami for Anoplius ahrimanes Turner, 1910 ].

Distribution: NT, QLD, SA, WA.

Turneromyia aranda Evans, 1984

Turneromyia aranda Evans, 1984:17–19 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (24–26.x.1972). Type locality: Victory Well, Everand Park, SA.

Distribution: NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Turneromyia atava ( Turner, 1910)

Anoplius atavus Turner, 1910:326–327 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.680 ♀. Type locality: WA, Strelley River.

Psammochares atavus Turner, 1917b:69 [comb. nov., dist.].

Anoplius atavus Junco Y Reyes, 1959:46 [comb. nov., list].

Turneromyia atava Evans, 1984:31–32 [comb. nov., descr., dist.].

Distribution: WA.

Turneromyia balladonia Evans, 1984

Turneromyia balladonia Evans, 1984:45–46 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (11.xi.1947). Type locality: Balladonia, WA.

Distribution: WA.

Turneromyia bassiana (Turner, 1917)

Psammochares bassianus Turner, 1917b:72 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.676 ♀ (R.E. Turner, 12.ii– 13.iii.1913). Type locality: Eaglehawk Neck , Tasmania.

Pompilus bassianus Evans & Matthews, 1973:52 [biol.].

Turneromyia melancholicus Evans et al. 1981:12 [prey; misidentification, see Evans 1984:9].

Turneromyia bassiana Evans, 1984:9–11 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.

Prey records: Miturga albomaculata Hickman , ( Clubionidae ) ( Evans & Matthews, 1973:52).

Turneromyia belardoo (Evans, 1972)

Pompilus belardoo Evans, 1972a:12 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (21–22 Oct. 1969 (H.E. Evans & R.W. Matthews)). Type locality: Rottnest Island, Western Australia; Evans & Matthews, 1973:52 [biol.].

Turneromyia belardoo Evans, 1984:43–44 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: WA.

Prey records: Lycosa sp. (Lycosidae) ( Evans & Matthews, 1973:47).

Parasites: Protomiltogramma sp. (? laticeps Malloch) ( Diptera ) ( Evans & Matthews, 1973:53).

Turneromyia citrimaculata Evans, 1984

Turneromyia citrimaculata Evans, 1984:38–40 . Type data: holotype CAS ♀ (17.x. 1962, 100 m). Type locality: Winjana Gorge, WA.

Distribution: NT, WA.

Prey records: Lycosa sp. (Lycosidae) ( Evans, 1984:3).

Turneromyia electa Evans, 1984

Turneromyia electa Evans, 1984:32 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (23–28.v.1978). Type locality: Roe Crekk, 19 km SW, Alice Springs, NT.

Distribution: NT.

Turneromyia frontalis ( Fabricius, 1775)

Sphex frontalis Fabricius, 1775:349 . Type data: type BMNH ♂ (Missing right wings and other parts). Type locality: Australia; Fabricius, 1781:447 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Fabricius, 1787:276 [descr. (in Latin)]; Gmelin, 1790:2729 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Fabricius, 1793:209 [descr. (in Latin); dist.]; Zimsen, 1964:385 [note on type];.

Pompilus frontalis Fabricius, 1804:188 [comb. nov.; descr. (in Latin); dist.].

Ferreola frontalis Smith, 1855:169 [cat.]; Froggatt, 1892:215 [cat.].

Psammochares frontalis Turner, 1917b:70 [comb. nov., desc., dist.].

Turneromyia frontalis Evans, 1982:151 [comb. nov., mimicry]; Evans, 1984:21–23 [desc., dist., figs.].

Distribution: NT, QLD.

Turneromyia hesperia Evans, 1984

Turneromyia hesperia Evans, 1984:14–16 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (2.x.1969). Type locality: 150 km S. of Carnarvon, WA.

Distribution: WA.

Turneromyia labilis ( Smith, 1879)

Pompilus labilis Smith, 1879:151 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.677 ♂. Type locality: Queensland; Froggatt, 1892:213 [cat.].

Anoplius labilis Turner, 1910:328 [comb. nov., dist.].

Calopompilus labilis Schulz, 1911:116 , 208 [comb. nov.].

Psammochares labilis Turner, 1917b:72 [comb. nov., descr., dist.].

Turneromyia labilis Evans, 1984:23–25 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: NT, QLD, WA.

Turneromyia melancholicus ( Smith, 1868)

Pompilus melancholicus Smith, 1868:244 . Type data: neotype BMNH ♀ (Designated by Evans, 1984:26). Type locality: WA, Yanchep, 51 km N. Perth; Froggatt, 1892:213 [cat.].

Psammochares melancholicus Turner, 1917b:71 [comb. nov., descr., dist.].

Turneromyia melancholicus Evans, 1984:26–28 [comb. nov., desc., dist., figs.].

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Turneromyia morio ( Fabricius, 1775)

Sphex morio Fabricius, 1775:349 . Type data: type ZMUC ♀. Type locality: Australia; Fabricius, 1781:447 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Fabricius, 1787:275 [descr. (in Latin)]; Gmelin, 1790:2728 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Fabricius, 1793:208 [descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Zimsen, 1964:385 [note on type];.

Pompilus morio Fabricius, 1804:187 [comb. nov., descr. (in Latin), dist.]; Smith, 1855:164 [cat., dist.]; Froggatt, 1892:213 [cat.]; Schulz, 1912:78 [descr. (in Geman), note].

Psammochares basilicus Turner, 1917b:73 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.675 ♀. Type locality: QLD, Townsville. [synonymy by Day in Evans, 1984:41].

Fabriogenia morio Banks, 1941c:240 [comb. nov.; Possible identification error, see Evans, 1984:41].

Turneromyia morio Evans, 1984:41–42 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD, SA.

Turneromyia nigricans Evans, 1984

Turneromyia nigricans Evans, 1984:44–45 . Type data: holotype NMV ♀ (17.xi.1948). Type locality: Daswell's Bridge (nr Horsham), VIC.

Distribution: VIC.

Turneromyia nigropilosa Evans, 1984

Turneromyia nigropilosa Evans, 1984:46–47 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (2–3.xi.1977). Type locality: 37 km SW Mt Ragged , WA.

Distribution: SA, WA.

Turneromyia occidentalis Evans, 1984

Turneromyia occidentalis Evans, 1984:40–41 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (1.xi.1958). Type locality: '10 S' Perenjori, WA.

Distribution: WA.

Turneromyia pumilla Evans, 1984

Turneromyia pumilla Evans, 1984:20–21 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (18.xi.1972). Type locality: Canberra. ACT.

Distribution: WA.

Turneromyia rapax Evans, 1984

Turneromyia rapax Evans, 1984:36–37 . Type data: holotype WAM ♀ (15.v.1980). Type locality: Hancock Gorge, 15 km S. Wttenoom, WA.

Distribution: WA.

Turneromyia semiluctuosa (Smith, 1855)

Pompilus semiluctuosus Smith, 1855:166 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.672 ♀. Type locality: Australia (as New Holland); Froggatt, 1892:214 [cat.]; Schulz, 1906:173 [note].

Psammochares berthoudi Turner, 1917b:70 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.673 ♀. Type locality: WA, Waroona. [synonymy by Evans, 1984:50].

Psammochares semiluctuosus Turner, 1917b:70 [comb. nov., desc., dist.].

Turneromyia semiluctuosa Evans, 1984:50–51 [comb. nov., desc., dist., figs.].

Distribution: ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Prey records: Sparassidae ( Evans, 1984:3) .

Turneromyia senex ( Turner, 1910)

Anoplius senex Turner, 1910:327–328 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.671 ♀. Type locality: Victoria. Psammochares senex Turner, 1917b:68 [comb. nov., dist.].

Anoplius senex Junco Y Reyes, 1959:46 [comb. nov., list].

Turneromyia senex Evans, 1984:28–30 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: NSW, NT, QLD, SA, VIC, WA.

Turneromyia senicula Evans, 1984

Turneromyia senicula Evans, 1984:30–31 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♂ (19.xi.1949). Type locality: '17 N' Broken Hill, NSW.

Distribution: NSW.

Turneromyia torosa Evans, 1984

Turneromyia torosa Evans, 1984:19–20 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (19.xi.1972). Type locality: Canberra, ACT.

Distribution: ACT, QLD, SA, VIC.

Turneromyia torrida Evans, 1984

Turneromyia torrida Evans, 1984:16–17 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (23.v.1932). Type locality: Coen, Cape York, QLD.

Distribution: QLD.

Turneromyia tristis Evans, 1984

Turneromyia tristis Evans, 1984:11–12 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀ (Nov. 1913). Type locality: Yallingup, WA.

Distribution: TAS, VIC, WA.

Turneromyia vassei (Turner, 1917)

Psammochares vassei Turner, 1917b:71 . Type data: holotype BMNH 19.674 ♀. Type locality: WA, Yallingup.

Turneromyia vassei Evans, 1984:34–36 [comb. nov., descr., dist., figs.].

Distribution: ACT, NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA.

Turneromyia venator Evans, 1984

Turneromyia venator Evans, 1984:33–34 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (8.iv.1938). Type locality: Katanning, WA.

Distribution: SA, WA.

Turneromyia wilpena Evans, 1984

Turneromyia wilpena Evans, 1984:37–38 . Type data: holotype ♀ (29.x.1972). Type locality: Edeowie Homestead, near Wilpena Pound, SA.

Distribution: SA.

Turneromyia wilsoni Evans, 1984

Turneromyia wilsoni Evans, 1984:25–26 . Type data: holotype BMNH ♀ (23.xii.1913 – 23.i.1914). Type locality: Yallingup, WA.

Distribution: WA.

Turneromyia wiluna Evans, 1984

Turneromyia wiluna Evans, 1984:13–14 . Type data: holotype ANIC ♀ (28.ix.1969). Type locality: 55 km W. Wiluna, WA.

Distribution: NSW, NT, VIC, WA.

Unplaced

Planiceps aureovestitus Turner, 1910

Planiceps aureovestitus Turner, 1910:337–338 . Type data: type BMNH ♀ (Type depository not confirmed) . Type locality: Victoria .

Distribution: VIC.