Species Dolichocurgus velox (Smith, 1868)

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• Pompilus velox Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 [Date published 31/12/1868] [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia.
• Pompilus ahasverus Kohl, F.F. 1886. Neue Pompiliden in den Sammlungen des K.K. naturhistorischen Hofsmuseum. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36: 307–346 [In German] [317, 333] [synonymy by Turner, 1910:323 (as Pompilus ahasuerus Kohl)].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NMW ♂ (type depository not confirmed), West Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Turner, R.E. 1910. Additions to our knowledge of the fossorial Hymenoptera of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 253–356

Generic Combinations

• Dolichocurgus velox (Smith, 1868). —
  Haupt, H. 1937. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Psammochariden–Fauna Australiens (Spinnenfangende Wegwespen) Subf. Claveliinae Hpt. Trib. Calicurgini nov. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 91: 121–136 [In German] [130] (new combination, description)
• Calopompilus velox (Smith, 1868). —
  Turner, R.E. 1910. Additions to our knowledge of the fossorial Hymenoptera of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 253–356 [323]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

General References

Dalla Torre, C.G. de 1897. Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusquea Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Fossores (Sphegidae). Leipzig : G. Engelmann Vol. 8 viii 749 pp. [270] (Pompilus ahasverus: catalogue)

Froggatt, W.W. 1892. Catalogue of the described Hymenoptera of Australia. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7: 205-248 [Date published 31/12/1892] [212, 214] (Pompilus velox, Pompilus ahasverus: catalogue)

Schulz, W.A. 1911. Zweihundert alte Hymenopteren. Zoologischer Anzeiger 4: 1–220 [In German] [207] (Pompilus ahasverus: synonymy with Calopompilus velox (Smith, 1868))

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