Genus Chalybion Dahlbom, 1843

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chalybion Dahlbom, A.G. 1843. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia; formis typicis nonnullis specierum generumve exoticorum aut extraneorum propter nexum systematicum associatis; per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. I. Sphex in sensu Linneano. Lund : Lundberg, Berolini Vol. 1 528 pp. (1843: 1-172; 1844: 173-352). [21].

  Type species:

   Sphex caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Patton, W.H. 1881. Some characters useful in the study of the Sphecidae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 20: 378-385 (non Sphex caeruleus Linnaeus, 1758 (= Pelopeus californicus Saussure, 1867)).
• Hemichalybion Kohl, F.F. 1918. Die Hautflüglergruppe "Sphecinae". iv. Teil. Die natürliche Gattung Sceliphron Klug (Pelopoeus Kirby). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 32: 1-171 [79].

  Type species:

   Pelopoeus eckloni Dahlbom, 1845 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 [30].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mostly Old World, two species in North and Central America.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-May-2012		03-May-2012	MOVED
07-Aug-2012		13-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)