Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856

Danilov, Yuriy N. & Odintsev, Oleg A., 2023, On subgenera of the genus Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), with establishment of a new subgenus, Zootaxa 5374 (3), pp. 429-436 : 432

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.3.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10168575
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scientific name	Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856
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Harpactopus F. Smith, 1856 View in CoL

( Figs 1c, d View FIGURE 1 )

Harpactopus F. Smith 1856:264 View in CoL .

Type species: Harpactopus crudelis F. Smith View in CoL , designated by Patton, 1880:384.

Gastrosphaeria A. Costa 1858:10 View in CoL .

Type species: Gastrosphaeria anthracina A. Costa, 1858 View in CoL [= Sphex subfuscatus Dahlbom, 1845 View in CoL ], by monotypy.

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. Claws with two ventral teeth, male antenna with distinct placoids, free margin of 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.