Species Anoplius (Orientanoplius) canifrons (Smith, 1855)

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• Pompilus canifrons Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Mutillidae and Pompilidae. London : B.M.N.H. Vol. 3 pp. 1-206. [146].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Sumatra.
• Pompilus leucophaeus Smith, F. 1858. Catalogue Of the Hymenopterous insects collected at Sarawak, Borneo, Mounth, Ophir, Malacca and at Singapore by A.R. Wallace. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 2: 89–130 [92] [synonymy by Day, 1974:382].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♂, West Malaysia.
• Pompilus limbatus Smith, F. 1861. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A.R. Wallace at Celebes. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5: 57–93 [78–79] [synonymy by Day, 1974:382].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♂, Sulawesi.
• Pompilus nigrocaeruleus Smith, F. 1861. Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A.R. Wallace at Celebes. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5: 57–93 [79] [synonymy by Day, 1974:382].

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUM ♀, Sulawesi.
• Pompilus ignobilis Saussure, H. de 1867. Hymenoptera. In, Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 den unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Wien : K-K Hof- und Staatsdrückerei Vol. 2(1a) 138 pp. [60] [synonymy by Day, 1974:382].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MHNB ♀, Ceylon.
• Pompilus rufounguiculatus Taschenberg, E.L. 1869. Die Pompiliden des Museums der Universität Halle. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 34: 25–75 [In German] [54] [synonymy by Day, 1974:382].

  Type data:

   Holotype MLUH ♀, Java.
• Pompilus atropos Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxi 240 pp. [Date published 31/12/1879] [146] [synonymy by Bingham, 1897:165].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Sumatra.
• Psammochares pluto Turner, R.E. 1917. New species of Hymenoptera in the British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1917(1): 53-84 [69] [synonymy by Day, 1974:382].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, QLD, Mackay.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bingham, C.T. 1897. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Wasps and Bees. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. I xxx 579 pp.
• Day, M.C. 1974. A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) including a revision of the Paleotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 30(8): 373–404

Generic Combinations

• Anoplius (Orientanoplius) canifrons (Smith, 1855). —
  Day, M.C. 1974. A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) including a revision of the Paleotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 30(8): 373–404 [382] (new combination, description, distribution, figures, biology)
• Salius canifrons (Smith, 1855). —
  Cameron, P. 1891. Hymenoptera orientalis, or contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of the oriental zoological region. III. Pompilidae. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 4 4: 431–481 [450] (new combinatin, list, distribution (Asia))
• Sericopompilus canifrons (Smith, 1855). —
  Banks, N. 1934. The Psammocharidae of the Philippines. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69: 1–117 [97]
• Priocnemis canifrons (Smith, 1855) [incorrectly given as Smith, 1867:354 by Bingham, 1897:165]. —
  Smith, F. 1871. A Catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 11: 285–415 [354] (new combination, distribution (Indonesia))

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Pompilus leucopheus Smith, 1858 [lapsus calami for Pompilus leucophaeus]. —
  Day, M.C. 1974. A contribution to the taxonomy of the genus Anoplius Dufour (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) including a revision of the Paleotropical subgenus Orientanoplius Haupt. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 30(8): 373–404 [382]
• Pompilus nigrocoeruleus Smith, 1861 [lapsus calami for Pompilus nigrocaeruleus]. —
  Dalla Torre, C.G. de 1897. Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusquea Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Fossores (Sphegidae). Leipzig : G. Engelmann Vol. 8 viii 749 pp. [306] (catalogue)

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma (= Myanmar), China (People's Republic), Indonesia (Java, Kalimantan, Kerala, Sarawak, Sulawesi (Celebes), Sumatra, Sumba), Laos, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.

General References

Banks, N. 1938. Some Psammocharidae from Singapore. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 40: 236–249 [248] (Sericopompilus canifrons)

Bingham, C.T. 1897. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Hymenoptera. Wasps and Bees. London : Taylor & Francis Vol. I xxx 579 pp. [165] (Pompilus canifrons: new combination, description, distribution (Asia). Priocnemis canifrons)

Dalla Torre, C.G. de 1897. Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusquea Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Fossores (Sphegidae). Leipzig : G. Engelmann Vol. 8 viii 749 pp. [216, 275, 295, 298, 318] (Salius canifrons [216], Pompilus atropos [275], Pompilus ignobilis [295], Pompilus leucophaeus [298], Pompilus limbatus [298], Pompilus rufounguiculatus [318]: catalogue)

Krombein, K.V. 1991. Biosystematic Studies of Ceylonese Wasps, XIX: Natural History Notes in Several Families (Hymenoptera: Eumenidae, Vespidae, Pompilidae, and Crabronidae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 515: i–iv, 1–41 [29–31] (Anoplius (Orientanoplius) canifrons: distribution (World and Sri Lanka), behaviour, prey, immatures)

Matsumura, S. 1911. Thousand Insects of Japan. Supplement III. Tokyo : Keisei–sha 147 pp. [In Japanese] [132] (Pompilus ignobilis: misidentification according to Tsuneki, 1990:21)

Matsumura, S. 1930. The Illustrated Thousand Insects of Japan, II (Hymenoptera). Tokyo : Toko–shoin 89 pp., 18 pl. [31] (Pompilus ignobilis: misidentification according to Tsuneki, 1990:21)

Matsumura, S. & Uchida, T. 1927. Die Hymenopteren–Fauna von den Riukiu–Inslen. Insecta Matsumurana 1(1): 32–52 [47] (Pompilus ignobilis: misidentification according to Tsuneki, 1990:21)

Schulz, W.A. 1906. Spolia Hymenopterologica. Paderborn : Pape iii 356 pp. 1 pl. [Date published 31/12/1906] [169] (Pompilus canifrons: note on synonyms. Pompilus atropos: note on synonymy with Pompilus canifrons Smith, 1855)

Smith, F. 1871. A Catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 11: 285–415 [352, 353] (Pompilus leucophaeus [352], Pompilus limbatus [353], Pompilus nigrocaeruleus [353]: catalogue, distribution)

Tsuneki, K. 1990. The Pompilidae of the Ryukyus (Hymenoptera). Special Publication, Japan Hymenopterists Association 36: 1–65 [21] (Pompilus ignobilis)

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