Ammophila clavus (FABRICIUS, 1775)

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 : 1583-1584

Ammophila clavus clavus (FABRICIUS, 1775)

Sphex clavus FABRICIUS, 1775: 348 , sex not indicated (as alauus), "Nova Hollandia (now Australia): no specific locality" (holotype or syntypes:, BMNH).

Ammophila atripes SMITH, 1852: 46 ,, " India: Maharashtra, Khandaly" (holotype or syntypes:, BMNH).

Ammophila basalis SMITH, 1856: 214 ,, " India or Pakistan: Punjad, no specific locality" (syntypes:, BMNH).

Ammophila nigripes SMITH, 1856: 215 ,, " India: Tamil Nadu, Madras" (holotype or syntypes:, BMNH).

Ammophila dimidiate SMITH, 1856: 216,, junior primary homonym of Ammophila dimidiate (Christ, 1791), " India: Bombay, Madras, north Bengal" (syntypes:, BMNH).

Ammophila simillima SMITH, 1856: 217 ,, " China: Hong Kong " (holotype or syntypes:, BMNH).

Ammophila pulchella SMITH, 1856: 218 ,, " China: Hong Kong and Shanghai" (syntypes:, BMNH).

Ammophila longiventris de SAUSSURE, 1867: 24 ,, " Sri Lanka: Trincomalee" (lectotype:, MHNG).

Ammophila humbertiana de SAUSSURE, 1867: 24 ,, " Sri Lanka: Trincomalee" (lectotype:, MHNG).

Ammophila spinosa SMITH, 1873: 259 ,, " China: Hong Kong " (holotype or syntypes:, BMNH).

Ammophila orientalis CAMERON, 1889: 9 ,, "origin not indicated, but probably India " (syntypes: Origin not indicated, OXUM).

Ammophila buddha CAMERON, 1889: 94 , sex not indicated, " India: Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad; and West Bengal: Barrackpore 20km N Calcutta " (syntypes: Origin not indicated, OXUM).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Australia, Indonesia, Taiwan, China: Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Laos, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri-Lanka, Vietnam: Cuc Phuong National Park ( NGUYEN et al. 2007), Dak Lak ( DOLLFUSS 2013b).

NGUYEN et al. (2007) recorded this species under Ammophila atripes but it synonymized with Ammophila clavus by DOLLFUSS (2013a).