Synanthedon Hübner

Liang, Jia-Yuan & Hsu, Yu-Feng, 2015, A review of clearwing moths in the tribe Synanthedonini, with descriptions of six new species from Taiwan (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), Zootaxa 4044 (4), pp. 535-555 : 548

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.4.4
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scientific name	Synanthedon Hübner
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Synanthedon Hübner View in CoL

Synanthedon Hübner [1819]:129.

Type species: Sphinx oestriformis Rottemburg 1775 (= Sphinx vespiformis Linnaeus 1761 ), subsequent designation by Newman in Westwood 1840:89.

Conopia Hübner [1819]:129.

Type species: Sphinx stomoxiformis Hübner 1790 , subsequent designation by Bartel 1912:376.

Aegeria auct. (sensu Curtis 1825:53) [nec Aegeria [Fabricius in Illiger] 1807]

Type species: Sphinx culiciformis Linnaeus 1758 .

Pyrrhotaenia Grote 1875:174 .

Type species: Pyrrhotaenia floridensis Grote 1875 (= Aegeria sapygaeformis Walker 1856 ), by monotypy.

Vespamima Beutenmüller 1894:87 View in CoL .

Type species: Bembecia sequoiae Edwards 1881 , original designation.

Sanninoidea Beutenmüller 1896:126 View in CoL .

Type species: Aegeria exitiosa Say 1823 , subsequent designation by Beutenmüller 1901:266.

Thamnosphecia Spuler 1910:308 View in CoL .

Type species: Sphinx culiciformis Linnaeus 1758 , original designation.

Montezumia Dampf 1930:179 View in CoL .

Type species: Montezumia cardinalis Dampf 1930 , by monotypy; preoccupied by Saussure 1852 ( Hymenoptera : Vespidae ).

Ramosia Engelhardt 1946:22 View in CoL .

Type species: Sesia bibionipennis Boisduval 1869 , original designation.

Sylvora Engelhardt 1946:77 View in CoL .

Type species: Trochilium acerni Clemens 1860 , original designation.

Tipulia Králícek & Povolný 1977:82 View in CoL .

Type species: [ Sphinx ] tipuliformis Clerck 1759, original designation.

The genus Synanthedon has been recorded from all zoogeographical regions; however, some tropical species may belong to other genera ( Bradley 1968). It is morphologically very diverse, including a number of species groups. Many of which may be poorly defined, and modern revision of the genus is still lacking. Species of Synanthedon are characterized by the morphology of the male genitalia (length of tegumen-uncus 4.0−4.9X saccus; scopula short, about 3/ 4X length of tegumen-uncus), famale genitalia (antrum short, funnel shaped) as well as wing venation (crossvein of hindwing shifted distally at about 3/5 of anterior transparent areas).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Sesiidae