Genus Sphictostethus Kohl, 1884
- Sphictostethus Kohl, F.F. 1884. Die Gattungen der Pompiliden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 34: 33–58 [In German] [37].
Type species:
Pompilus gravesii Haliday, 1836 by original designation. - Haploneura Kohl, F.F. 1884. Die Gattungen der Pompiliden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 34: 33–58 [In German] [47] [junior homonym; preoccupied Loew, 1850; synonymy by Townes, 1957:81].
Type species:
Haploneura apogona Kohl, 1884 by original designation. - Haploneurion Kohl, F.F. 1884. Die Gattungen der Pompiliden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 34: 33–58 [In German] [163] [replacement name; nom. nov. for Haploneura Kohl, 1884].
- Chrysocurgus Haupt, H. 1937. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Psammochariden–Fauna Australiens (Spinnenfangende Wegwespen) Subf. Claveliinae Hpt. Trib. Calicurgini nov. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 91: 121–136 [In German] [134] [placed as synonym of Chirodamus by Townes, 1957:11, comb. nov. by Harris, 1987:63].
Type species:
Sphex nitida Fabricius, 1775 by original designation. - Anapriocnemis Haupt, H. 1959. Elemente einer systematischen Aufteilung der Macromerinae m. (Hymenoptera, Sphecoidea) fam. Pompilidae, subfam. Macromerinae. Nova Acta Leopoldina 2 21(141): 1–74 [In German] [25–26, 60] [synonymy by Evans, 1973:214].
Type species:
Pompilus flavipes Guérin-Méneville, 1836 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209: 1–286
- Evans, H.E. 1973. Studies on Neotropical Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) XI. The genera of Auplopodini. Psyche 80: 212–226
- Harris, A.C. 1987. Fauna of New Zealand. Number 12. Pompilidae. Auckland, New Zealand : DSIR 160 pp.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Sphictonotus Kohl, 1884 [lapsus calami for Sphictostethus]. —
Bertkau, P. 1885. Insecta. pp. 78–238 in Bertkau, P. & von Martens, E. Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie während des Jahres 1884. Berlin : Nicolaische Verlags–Buchhandlung R. Stricker 272 pp. [In German] [169]
Introduction
The genus was considered a subgenus of Priocnemis by Townes (1957) but raised to generic rank by Harris (1987).
The Australian Sphictostethus fauna currently consists of 2 species, both from Tasmania. Sphictostethus nitidus (Fabricius, 1775) was recorded as occuring in Queensland by Haupt (1937:135) (repeated in Williams, 1947:317), but is found only in New Zealand. See Harris (1987:71) for clarification.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Sphictostethus has an austral distribution thoroughout South America, New Zealand and Tasmania.
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
General References
Harris, A.C. 1987. Fauna of New Zealand. Number 12. Pompilidae. Auckland, New Zealand : DSIR 160 pp. [63, 71] (Sphictostethus: nov. stat., description, distribution, biology, larvae, key to New Zealand spp.)
Haupt, H. 1937. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Psammochariden–Fauna Australiens (Spinnenfangende Wegwespen) Subf. Claveliinae Hpt. Trib. Calicurgini nov. Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften 91: 121–136 [In German]
Townes, H. 1957. Nearctic wasps of the subfamilies Pepsinae and Ceropalinae. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 209: 1–286
Williams, F.X. 1947. Aculeate wasps of Fiji. Occasional Papers of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 18(21): 317–336
History of changes
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