Genus Leptodialepis Haupt, 1929

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• Leptodialepis Haupt, H. 1929. Psammocharidae von den Krakatau–Inseln. Treubia 10(4): 465–466 [In German] [465].

  Type species:

   Salius nicevillii Bingham, 1896 by original designation.
• Parasalius Banks, N. 1934. The Psammocharidae of the Philippines. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69: 1–117 [21] [synonymy by Wahis, 1966:3].

  Type species:

   Mygnimia anthracina Smith, 1855 by original designation.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Monodontonyx Banks, 1934 [identification error. Species included by Banks in Monodontonyx belong in Leptodialepis. See Haupt (1938), Wahis (1966); Notes, Philippine spp.]. —
  Banks, N. 1934. The Psammocharidae of the Philippines. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69: 1–117 [22]

Introduction

Leptodialepis Haupt, 1929 and Monodontonyx Haupt, 1929 have had a chequered history. Monodontonyx was synonymised by Arnold (1932:396) with Cyphononyx, as the type specimen was a synonym of Cyphononyx gowdeyi (Turner, 1918), but was raised again as a valid genus by Banks (1934:22). Haupt (1938:4) also synonymised Monodontonyx, but as a synonym of Diplonyx Saussure, 1887 and transferred all the species that Banks included in the genus in 1934 into Leptodialepis. Banks (1941:238) transferred what was then Cryptocheilus commixtus (Turner, 1910) to Monodontonyx, ignoring both previous synonymies of the genus and the transferrance of his previously determined Monodontonyx species to Leptodialepis.

It is clear that Banks (1934) misunderstood and misidentified species, erroneously placing them in Monodontonyx and Hemipepsis (see for example Haupt (1938a) or Van der Vecht (1949)). Consequently, [Elliott (2007) followed] the determination of Haupt (1938) that the species understood by Banks as Monodontonyx were Leptodialepis and place commixtus (Turner, 1910) in that genus.

Leptodialepis currently has three recognised subgenera; Leptodialepis s. str., Dinosalius (Banks, 1934) and Nyctalosalius (Wahis, 2003).

Distribution

States

Queensland

General References

Arnold, G. 1932. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian Region. Part II. Subfamily Claveliinae, Haupt. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 15(1): 41–122

Banks, N. 1934. The Psammocharidae of the Philippines. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69: 1–117

Banks, N. 1941. Psammocharidae from the Solomon Islands, Prince of Wales Island and New Caledonia. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 16(10): 231–245

Elliott, M.G. 2007. Annotated catalogue of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of Australia. Zootaxa 1428: 1-83 [Date published 19 Mar. 2007]

Haupt, H. 1938. Zur Kenntnis der Psammochariden–Fauna des Nordöstlichen China und der Mongolei. Arkiv för Zoologi 30(1,4): 1–26 [In German]

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