Sphex subtruncatus DAHLBOM, 1843

H, Phong, G, P. & N, Yuriy, 2015, Distributional checklist of sphecid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae) from Vietnam, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1581-1599 : 1590

Sphex subtruncatus DAHLBOM, 1843

Sphex subtruncatus DAHLBOM, 1843: 25 ,, "Africa: no specific locality but actually Oriental region according to W. Schulz, 1912: 94 " (lectotype:, MZLU).

Sphex nigripes SMITH, 1856: 254 ,, " Indonesia: Sumatra, no specific locality; China: Shanghai " (syntypes, BMNH).

Sphex siamensis TASCHENBERG, 1869: 413 ,, " India: Siam, no specific locality, but probably Philippines " (holotype or syntypes:, MLUH).

Sphex erythropoda CAMERON, 1889: 110 ,, " India: no specific locality" (syntypes:, Calcutta Museum).

Sphex sulciscutus GRIBODO, 1894: 2 ,, " Philippines: Mindoro, no specific locality" (holotype or syntypes:, MSNG).

Sphex nigripes var. tsingtauensis STRAND, 1916: 108 ,, " China: Tsingtau, now Qingdao" (holotype:, DEI).

Sphex subtruncatus xuthus van der VECHT, 1957: 364,, " Indonesia: Sumba, Bondo Kodi" (holotype:, MHNB).

Sphex subtruncatus coraxus van der VECHT, 1957: 365,, " Indonesia: Sumba, Pogobina" (holotype:, MHNB).

Sphex subtruncatus orius van der VECHT, 1957: 366,,, " Indonesia: Flores, Rana Mese" (holotype:, MHNB).

Sphex subtruncatus krombeini van der VECHT, 1984: 28,,, " Sri Lanka: Galle District, Kanneliya Jungle" (holotype:, USNM).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Korea, India, China: Hong Kong, Laos, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Malaysia, Timor, Japan, Malawi, South Africa, Ethiopia, Vietnam ( BERLAND 1928).

BERLAND (1928) recorded this species for Vietnam under Sphex nigripes without showing its exact locality, but S. nigripes synonymized with S. subtruncatus by SCHULZ 1912.