Genus Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884

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• Paracyphononyx Gribodo, G. 1884. Spedizione Italiana nell'Africa equitoriale. Risultati zoologici. – Imenotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 1: 277–325 [In Italian] [306].

  Type species:

   Paracyphononyx melanicrus Gribodo, 1884 by monotypy.
• Schistosalius Saussure, H. de 1892. Histoire naturelle des Hyménoptères. pp. 177-590 in Grandidier, A. (ed.). Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar. Paris : Alfred Grandidier Vol. 20 xxi 590 pp. [313].

  Type species:

   Salius elliotii Saussure, 1891 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 [84].
• Ferreolomorpha Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea. Paper No. 2. The Canadian Entomologist 32: 185–188 [188].

  Type species:

   Pompilus pedestris Smith, 1855 by monotypy.
• Allocyphonyx 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 [136].

  Type species:

   Pompilus maurus Cresson, 1867 by original designation.
• Pompiloides Šustera, O. 1912. Die paläarktischen Gattungen der Familie Psammocharidae (olim Pompilidae, Hym.). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 62: 171–213 [In German] [180, 203].

  Type species:

   Pompilus ruficrus Klug, 1834 by original designation.
• Dicyrtomus Haupt, H. 1927. Monographie der Psammocharidae (Pompilidae) Mittel–Nord und Osteuropas (conclusion). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1927: 1–367 [In German] [150, 256].

  Type species:

   Pompilus ruficrus Klug, 1834 by original designation.
• Atopopompilus Arnold, G. 1937. The Psammocharidae of the Ethiopian region. Part VII. Subfamily Psammocharinae continued. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 19(1): 1–98 [22] [synonymy by Evans, 1966:424].

  Type species:

   Pompilus venans Kohl, 1894 by original designation.
• Anacyphononyx Haupt, H. 1950. Pompilidae (Hymenoptera Sphecoidea). Exploration du Parc National Albert, Mission G.F. de Witte (1933–1935) 69: 1–63 [59] [synonymy by Evans, 1966:424; note that Banks 1946:520 erected the genus Anacyphonyx, for five South American species, a fact that may have been overlooked by Haupt when choosing such a similar name for this genus].

  Type species:

   Pompilus semiplumbeus Taschenberg, 1869 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Haupt, H. 1929. Weiterer Ausbau meines Systems der Psammocharidae. Mit Beischreibung neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 15: 109–197 [In German] [167, 170] (Schistosalius Saussure, 1892 synonymised with Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884)
• Banks, N. 1934. The Psammocharidae of the Philippines. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69: 1–117 [86] (Ferreolomorpha Ashmead, 1900 synonymised with Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884)
• Gussakovskij, V. 1935. Paläarktische Pompiloides–Arten (Hymenoptera, Psammocharidae). Konowia 14(2): 135–150 [In German] (Dicyrtomus Haupt, 1927 synonymised with Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884)
• Evans, H.E. 1951. A taxonomic study of the Nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenotera, Pompilidae). Part III. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 77: 203–340 [304] (Allocyphonyx Ashmead, 1902 synonymised with Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884)

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Paracyphonyx Magretti, 1884 [lapsus calami for Paracyphononyx; Ashmead also listed the wrong type species for the genus]. —
  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]
• Dicyrtoma Haupt, 1927 [lapsus calami for Dicyrtomus]. —
  Bradley, J.C. 1944. Pompilioides Radoszkovsky, Pompiliodes Ashmead, Pompiloides Dalla Torre, Šustera, Haupt, Gussakovsky, Banks and Arnold, and some other names (Hymenoptera : Pompilidae). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 20: 93–100 [93]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Paracyphononyx is a cosmopolitan genus best represented in the tropical and temperate regions of the world.

General References

Banks, N. 1946. Studies of South American Psammocharidae. Part I. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 96: 311–525 (Anacyphononyx)

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] (Paracyphononyx: note)

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