Rhynchium Spinola, 1852

Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Zootaxa 4919 (1), pp. 1-68 : 54-55

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4919.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4474100

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/25728780-810F-FFE8-7081-D0327BBEFEA3

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scientific name

Rhynchium Spinola
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Genus Rhynchium Spinola View in CoL View at ENA

Rhynchium Spinola 1806: 84 View in CoL , genus, emendation of Rygchium View in CoL validated by Opinion 747 (no. 1688 of Official List of Generic Names in Zoology).

Type species: Rygchium View in CoL [!] europaeum Spinola 1806 [= Vespa oculata Fabricius 1781 ], by monotypy (no. 2095 of Official List of Specific Names in Zoology).

Rygchium Spinola 1806: 84 View in CoL , genus. Incorrect original spelling of Rhynchium Spinola View in CoL , placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1768) by Opinion 747.

Rhynchium Billberg 1820: 109 View in CoL . Emendation of Rychium [!] Spinola; validated and placed on Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1688) by Opinion 747.

Rychium [!] Billberg 1820: 109 . Placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1769) by Opinion 747.

Rynchium Sturm 1829: 12 . Unjustified emendation of Rhynchium Spinola View in CoL , placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1770) by Opinion 747.

Rhygchium [!] de Saussure 1853 : xxxi, 276. Placed on Official Index of Rejected and Invalid Generic Names in Zoology (as no. 1771) by Opinion 747.

Eurrhynchium Dalla Torre 1904: 33 , name for division II of Rhynchium Spinola in de Saussure 1852: 105 View in CoL .

Type species: Vespa oculata Fabricius 1781 , by subsequent designation of van der Vecht & Carpenter 1990: 23.

Taxonomy: de Saussure 1863: 242 (Index; Rhynchuium [!]).—van der Vecht 1963b: 234 (proposed emendation).— ICZN 1965, Opinion 747: 186 (validation of emendation).— Willink 1982: 195 (Rygohium [!]).— Cardale 1985: 203–205 (cat. Australian species).

Distribution: Widespread in the Old World, from the Afrotropics to Oceania; most diverse in the Oriental Region.

Ethology: One Australian species, R. mirabile (as R. rothi ), has been reported to build mud cells on a substrate; elsewhere the nests are in pre-existing cavities; prey: caterpillars.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Eumenidae

Loc

Rhynchium Spinola

Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R. 2021
2021
Loc

Eurrhynchium

Dalla Torre, K. W. 1904: 33
1904
Loc

Rynchium

Sturm, J. 1829: 12
1829
Loc

Rhynchium Spinola 1806: 84

Spinola, M. 1806: 84
1806
Loc

Rygchium

Spinola, M. 1806: 84
1806
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