Tuberoxenos sphecidarum (Siebold, 1839) comb. nov.

Xenos sphecidarum Siebold, 1839: 72.

Eupathocera sphecidarum (Dufour, 1837) (new combination by Pierce, 1908, incorrectly assigned authorship).

Paraxenos sieboldii Saunders, 1872 (synonymized by Pierce, 1909).

Paraxenos sieboldii (Dufour, 1837) (new combination by Pierce 1919, incorrectly assigned authorship).

Pseudoxenos sphecidarum (Dufour, 1837) (new combination by Bohart 1937, incorrectly assigned authorship).

Paraxenos sphecidarum (Dufour, 1837) (new combination by Kinzelbach 1971b, incorrectly assigned authorship).

Hosts.

Ammophila apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1835 (as Ammophila apicalis Brullé, 1839); A. campestris Latreille, 1809; A. heydeni Dahlbom, 1845 (as Ammophila heydeni Dahlberg?); A. holosericea (Fabricius, 1793); A. nasuta Lepeletier, 1845; A. pubescens Curtis, 1836; A. sabulosa (Linnaeus, 1758); Podalonia affinis (Kirby, 1798) (as Ammophila affinis Kirby, 1798); P. dispar (Taschenberg, 1869) (as Ammophila dispar Taschenberg, 1869); P. ebenina (Spinola, 1839) (as Ammophila ebenina Spinola, 1839); P. hirsuta (Scopoli, 1763) (as Ammophila hirsuta Scopoli); P. nigrohirta (Kohl, 1888) (as Ammophila nigrohirta Kohl, 1888); P. tydei (Le Guillou, 1841) (as Ammophila tydei Le Guillou, 1841); Eremochares dives ( Brullé, 1833) (as Ammophila dives Brullé, 1833); Prionyx kirbii (Vander Linden, 1827) (as Sphex albisectus Lep. & Serv., 1828); P. viduatus (Christ, 1791) (as Sphex viduatus Christ, 1791); P. niveatus (Dufour, 1854) (as Sphex niveatus Dufour, 1854) (Kinzelbach 1978); Ammophila dupla Kohl, 1901; Podalonia chalybea (Kohl, 1906); Podalonia flavida (Kohl, 1901) (Benda et al. 2021).

Distribution.

Poland: Gdańsk (Siebold 1839); Palearctic (Kinzelbach 1978).

Note.

Benda et al. (2021) proposed at least four distinctive T. sphecidarum lineages possibly representing separate species. More comprehensive sampling and detailed study are necessary.