Species Rhagigaster ephippiger (Guérin, 1838)

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• Diamma ephippiger Guérin-Méneville F.E. (ed.) 1838. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du roi sur la corvette de sa majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 par M.L.I. Duperry. Paris : Arthus Betrand, Libraire Vol. 2 319 pp. [235].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀, Kangaroo Island, SA.
• Rhagigaster unicolor Guérin-Méneville F.E. (ed.) 1838. Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du roi sur la corvette de sa majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 par M.L.I. Duperry. Paris : Arthus Betrand, Libraire Vol. 2 319 pp. [214].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Sydney, NSW.
• Rhagigaster binotatus Westwood, J.O. 1844. Arcana Entomologica: or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. London : William Smith Vol. 2 pp. 192, pls 49-95. [105].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♀, TAS.
• Rhagigaster mandibularis Westwood, J.O. 1844. Arcana Entomologica: or illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects. London : William Smith Vol. 2 pp. 192, pls 49-95. [105].

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUM ♂, Port Phillip, VIC.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimsey, L.S. & Brown, G.R. 1993. Lectotype designations within the subfamily Thynninae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32: 317-326 [322].
• Rhagigaster aethiops Smith, F. 1879. Descriptions of New Species of Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. London : British Museum xxi 240 pp. [Date published 31/12/1879] [175] [junior homonym].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide, SA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimsey, L.S. & Brown, G.R. 1993. Lectotype designations within the subfamily Thynninae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32: 317-326 [318].
• Thynnus ueberhorstii Dalla Torre, C.G. de 1897. Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusquea Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Fossores (Sphegidae). Leipzig : G. Engelmann Vol. 8 viii 749 pp. [117] [replacement name; aethiops Smith 1879].
• Rhagigaster unicolor mutatus Turner, R.E. 1910. New fossorial Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 1910: 407-429 [407] [as var.].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Tamborine Mountain, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Kimsey, L.S. & Brown, G.R. 1993. Lectotype designations within the subfamily Thynninae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32: 317-326 [322].

Generic Combinations

• Rhagigaster ephippiger (Guérin, 1838).

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