Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827

Danilov, Yuriy N. & Odintsev, Oleg A., 2023, On subgenera of the genus Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), with establishment of a new subgenus, Zootaxa 5374 (3), pp. 429-436 : 435

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5374.3.7
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10168581
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scientific name	Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827
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Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 View in CoL

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Prionyx Vander Linden 1827:362 View in CoL . Type species: Ammophila kirbii Vander Linden, 1827 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Enodia Dahlbom 1843:28 View in CoL , junior homonym of Enodia Hübner, 1819 View in CoL ( Lepidoptera View in CoL ). Type species: Sphex albisectus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Serville, 1828 View in CoL [= Ammophila kirbii Vander Linden, 1827 View in CoL ], designated by Kohl 1885:164. Synonymized with Prionyx Vander Linden View in CoL by Pate 1935:250.

Parasphex F. Smith 1856:267 View in CoL . Type species: Sphex albisectus Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau and Serville, 1828 View in CoL [= Ammophila kirbii Vander Linden, 1827 View in CoL ], designated by Kohl 1885:164. Synonymized with Prionyx Vander Linden View in CoL by Pate 1935:250.

Group of kirbii View in CoL of Bohart & Menke 1963.

Diagnosis. Claws with three or four ventral teeth, male antenna without placoids, free margin of female clypeus entire or with V-shaped median notch, and metapleuron definitely channeled.

Distribution. Old World.