Sphex melas Gussakovskij, 1930

Danilov, Yuriy N., 2016, Type specimens of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Zootaxa 4136 (2), pp. 335-359 : 353

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( Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9 – 11 )

A valid species, Sphex melas (Gussakovskij, 1930) ( Menke & Pulawski 2000, Pulawski 2015).

Types. Sphex melas Gussakovskij, 1930a: 207 , ♀, Ƌ. Syntype, ♀ "Репетек 22 VI 25 На цв. Salsola Гусаковский [cyrillic] // Sphex melas m. Cotyp. ♀ V. Gussakovskij det. // к. Гуссаковского [cyrillic] // Lectotypus Sphex melas Guss. ♀ design. Marshakov". Syntype, ♀ "Репетек 22 VI 25 Гусаковский [cyrillic] // Sphex melas ♀ m. Cotyp. V. Gussakovskij det. // к. Гуссаковского [cyrillic] // Syntypus ". Syntype, Ƌ "Репетек 22 VI 25 Гусаковский [cyrillic] // Sphex melas m. Ƌ Cot. V. Gussakovskij det. // к. Гуссаковского [cyrillic] // Syntypus ".

Type locality. "Репетек" [= Repetek Biosphere State Reserve, Lebap Province, Turkmenistan, 38°34′N 63°10′E].

References

Gussakovskij, V. V. (1930 a) Novyie i malo izvestnyie vidy rodov Ammophila Kby. i Sphex L. (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) [Species novae vel parum cognitae generum Ammophila Kby. et Sphex L. (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae)]. Russkoye Entomologicheskoye Obozrenye (Revue Russe d'Entomologie), 24, 199 - 211. [in Russian]

Menke, A. S. & Pulawski, W. J. (2000) A review of the Sphex flavipennis species group (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae: Sphecini). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 9, 324 - 346.

Pulawski, W. J. (2015) Catalog of Sphecidae. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. Available from: http: // calacademy. org / scientists / projects / catalog-of-sphecidae (accessed 3 September 2015)

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 11. Types of Sphex. 9 — Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij: a—Paralectotype, ♀; b—labels, Paralectotype, ♀; c— Paralectotype, Ƌ; d—labels, Paralectotype, Ƌ. 10 — Sphex melas Gussakovskij: a—Syntype, ♀; b—labels, ♀; c—Syntype, Ƌ; d—labels, ♂. 11 — Sphex oxianus Gussakovskij: a—Syntype, Ƌ; b—labels, Ƌ.