Genus Episyron Schiødte, 1837
- Episyron Schiødte, J. 1837. Sammenstilling af Danmarks Pompilidae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 1: 313–344 [341].
Type species:
Sphex rufipes Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy. - Spilopompilus 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 [81].
Type species:
Pompilus biguttatus Fabricius, 1798 (as biguttulatus, lapsus calami) by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Banks, N. 1911. Psammocharidae, classification and description. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 19: 219–237 [221, 230] (synonymised Spilopompilus Ashmead, 1902 with Episyron Schiødte, 1837)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Epizuron Schiødte, 1837 [lapsus calami for Episyron]. —
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 [82]
Introduction
Specimens of Australian Episyron are rarely collected, though easily identified when examined due to the presence of scale-like pubescence on the first metasomal tergum, propodeum and thorax. The genus is cosmopolitan.
Distribution
States
Queensland
General References
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] (Episyron: note)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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