Genus Ampulex Jurine, 1807

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• Ampulex Jurine, L. 1807. Nouvelle méthode de classer les Hyménoptères et les Diptères. Genève : Paschold iv 319 pp. + 1 unnumbered pp., 1–14 pl. [132].

  Type species:

   Ampulex fasciata Jurine, 1807 by monotypy.
• Pronaeus Latreille, P.A. 1809. Genera Crustaceorum et Insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimus explicata. Parisiis et Argentorati : A. Koenig Vol. 4 399 pp. [56].

  Type species:

   Dryinus aeneus Fabricius, 1804 by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considération Générales sur l'Order Naturel des Animaux Composant les Classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes; avec un Tableau Méthodique de leurs Genres Disposés en Familles. Paris : F. Schoell viii 444 pp. [this work is the subject of Opinions 11 and 136, ICZN, and is on the Official List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature] [438].
• Lorrhoeum Shuckard, W.E. 1837. Essay on the Indigenous Fossorial Hymenoptera; comprising a description of all the British species of burrowing sand wasps contained in the metropolitan collections; with their habits as far as they have been observed. London : Shuckard xii XII pp., one pl., 252 + [2] pp., pl. 1–4, [4] pp. [18].

  Type species:

   Chlorion compressum Fabricius, 1804 (= Sphex compressus Fabricius, 1781) by original designation.
• Rhinopsis Westwood, J.O. 1844. Illustrations of some genera of fossorial hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Sphegidae. pp. 65-68 in Westwood, J.O. Arcana Entomologica: or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. London : William Smith Vol. 2 pp. 192, pls 49-95. [68].

  Type species:

   Rhinopsis abbotti Westwood, 1844 (= Ampulex canaliculata Say, 1823) by monotypy.
• Waagenia Kriechbaumer, J. 1874. Ueber die Gattung Ampulex, die 2 europäischen Arten derselben und eine neue Art aus Sikkim. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 35: 51-56 [55].

  Type species:

   Waagenia sikkimensis Kriechbaumer, 1874 by monotypy.
• Chlorampulex Saussure, H. de 1892. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. in Grandidier, A. (1890–1892) Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar. Paris : Imprimerie Nationaleue Vol. 20 xxi 590 pp. [441].

  Type species:

   Sphex compressus Fabricius, 1781 by subsequent designation, see Pate, V.S.L. 1937. The generic names of the sphecoid wasps and their type species (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society 9: 1-103 [18].

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Ampulex micans Kohl, 1893 [originally attributed to 'Australia or Mexico', see Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. (1976: 78)]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Widespread.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Bohart, R.M. & Menke, A.S. 1976. Sphecid Wasps of the World: a Generic Revision. Berkeley : Univ. California Press ix 695 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Oct-2015	APOIDEA (s. l.)	22-Oct-2015	MODIFIED
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30-Apr-2012		30-Apr-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		22-Oct-2015	MODIFIED
07-Aug-2012		22-Oct-2015	MODIFIED
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