Sphex (Sphex) malagassus, Madl, 2014

Madl, M., 2014, Annotated catalogue of the Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) of the Malagasy subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 933-1039 : 1021-1022

Sphex malagassus DE SAUSSURE, 1890

Sphex (Sphex) malagassus n.sp.: DE SAUSSURE 1890: pl. 18 (figs 38, 38a, Madagascar).

Sphex malagassus n.sp.: DE SAUSSURE 1891: 259 (descr., Madagascar).

Sphex malagassus n.sp.: DE SAUSSURE 1892: 425 (key), 427 (descr., Madagascar).

Sphex malagassus DE SAUSSURE, 1891 : KOHL 1895: 67 (tax., descr., Madagascar), pls 4 (fig. 4), 5 (figs 25, 26).

Sphex madegassus (!) DE SAUSSURE, 1891: DE DALLA TORRE 1897: 430 (cat.).

Sphex (Sphex) malagassus SMITH (!): BERLAND 1927: 153 (tax., Madagascar).

Chlorion (Proterosphex) malagassum (DE SAUSSURE, 1891): ARNOLD 1945: 89 (key, tax., Madagascar).

Sphex (Sphex) malagassus DE SAUSSURE, 1891 : LECLERCQ 1953: 211 (tax., Madagascar).

Sphex (Sphex) malagassus DE SAUSSURE, 1891 : LECLERCQ 1961b: 108 ( Madagascar).

Sphex (Sphex) malagassus DE SAUSSURE, 1890 : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 115 (cat.).

Sphex malagassus DE SAUSSURE, 1892 : MADL 1997: 820 ( Madagascar), 821 (cat. Madagascar (Nosy Boraha)).

Sphex malagassus DE SAUSSURE, 1890 : PULAWSKI 2003: 795 (cat. Madagascar).

D i s t r i b u t i o n Madagascar: Prov. Antananarivo: Antananarivo – Prov. Toamasina: Andekaleka (Rogez), Fenoarivo, Nosy Boraha (Sainte Marie) – Prov. Fianarantsoa: Ranomafana – Prov. Toliara: Fort Dauphin, Ranomafana (leg. Seyrig).

Endemic. The material in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris should be checked for further localities (BERLAND 1927: 153).