Genus Ferreola Lepeletier, 1845
- Ferreola Lepeletier, A. St. Fargeau de 1845. Histoire Naturelles des Insectes; Hyménoptères. Paris : Roret Vol. 3 pp. 1-646. [467] [replacement name].
Type species:
Ferreola algira Lepeletier, 1845 by monotypy. - Platyderes Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1844. Iconographie du Règne Animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux; pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de zoologie. Paris : Bailliere Brothers Vol. 7. Insects 672 pp. [In French] [435] [junior homonym; preoccupied Stephens, 1827].
Type species:
Planiceps (Platyderes) erythrocephalus Guérin-Méneville, 1844 by subsequent designation, see Pate, V.S.L. 1946. The generic names of spider wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and their type species (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72: 65–137 [101]. - Pseudoferreola Radoszkowsky, O. 1888. Revision des armatures copulatrices des mâles de la famille Pompilidae. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou n.s. 2: 462–493 [477].
Type species:
Pseudoferreola striata Radoszkowsky, 1888 by subsequent designation, see 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 [83]. - Aporinus 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 [88].
Type species:
Sphex dimidiata Fabricius, 1793 by subsequent designation, see Pate, V.S.L. 1946. The generic names of spider wasps (Psammocharidae olim Pompilidae) and their type species (Hymenoptera Aculeata). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 72: 65–137 [73, 113–114]. - Prosalius Aurivillius, C. 1907. Hymenoptera. 1. Gaddsteklar. Aculeata. Sjunde Familjen. Vägsteklar. Pompilidae. Entomologisk Tidskrift 28(1): 1–30 [In Swedish] [7–8].
Type species:
Prosalius suecicus Aurivillius, 1907 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Haupt, H. 1927. Monographie der Psammocharidae (Pompilidae) Mittel–Nord und Osteuropas (conclusion). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1927: 1–367 [In German] [285?, 286] (Synonymised Pseudoferreola Radoszkowsky, 1888 and Prosalius Aurivillius, 1907 with Ferreola Lepeletier, 1845)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Ferreola is also found in Europe, central Asia and Africa.
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] (Ferreola: note)
History of changes
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