Genus Epipompilus Kohl, 1884

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• Epipompilus Kohl, F.F. 1884. Die Gattungen der Pompiliden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 34: 33–58 [In German] [57].

  Type species:

   Epipompilus maximiliani Kohl, 1884 by subsequent designation, see Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, of the superfamily Vespoidea. Paper No. 1. The Canadian Entomologist 32: 145–155 [152].
• Aulocostethus Ashmead, W.H. 1902. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea. Paper No. 5. The Canadian Entomologist 34(6): 131–137 [132].

  Type species:

   Aulocostethus bifasciatus Ashmead, 1902 by original designation.
• Epicostethus Banks, N. 1947. Studies on South American Psammocharidae. Part II. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, 99(2), 371–486. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 99(2): 371–486 [445].

  Type species:

   Epicostethus williamsi Banks, 1947 by monotypy.
• Epipompiloides Evans, H.E. 1961. Review of Epipompilus (Hymenoptrera, Pompilidae). Psyche 68: 25–37 [28].

  Type species:

   Epipompilus insularis Kohl, 1884 by original designation.
• Epipilpomus Evans, H.E. 1962. The genus Epipompilus in Australia (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). Pacific Insects 4(4): 773–782 [774] [as subgenus].

  Type species:

   Epipompilus pallidus Evans, 1962 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Evans, H.E. 1961. Review of Epipompilus (Hymenoptrera, Pompilidae). Psyche 68: 25–37 [25, 26] (synonymised Aulocostethus Ashmead, 1902 and Epicostethus Banks, 1947 with Epipompilus Kohl, 1884)
• Evans, H.E. 1972. Revision of the Australian and New Guinean species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). Pacific Insects 14(1): 101–131 [101] (synonymised Epipompiloides Evans, 1961 and Epipilpomus Evans, 1962 with Epipompilus Kohl, 1884)

Introduction

Evans (1972) partly abandoned the subgeneric arrangement that he had used in his previous work and it is here ignored and the subgenera listed as synonyms. Harris, (1987:95) gives a good summary of the nomenclatural history of the genus.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC)

General References

Evans, H.E. 1972. Revision of the Australian and New Guinean species of Epipompilus (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). Pacific Insects 14(1): 101–131 [107, 109, 116] (Epipilpomus: description [106] and key [109] to Australian spp. Epipompiloides: description., Australian spp. [116])

Evans, H.E. 1976. Studies on Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) X. Supplementary notes. Psyche 83(3–4): 263–270 [265] (Epipompilus: notes)

Harris, A.C. 1987. Fauna of New Zealand. Number 12. Pompilidae. Auckland, New Zealand : DSIR 160 pp. [95] (Epipompilus: description and notes, New Zealand sp.)

Naumann, I.D. 1991. Hymenoptera (Wasps, bees, ants, sawflies) 58. Pompilidae. pp. 974–976 in Naumann, I.D. (ed.). The Insects of Australia. Carlton : Division of Entomology, CSIRO, Canberra and Melbourne University Press. [975] (Epipompilus: notes; fig.)

Naumann, I.D. 1995. Australian Spider Wasps. ANIC News 6: 7–8 [7] (Epipompilus: notes (hosts))

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