Prionyx macula ( Fabricius 1804 )

Danilov, Yuriy N., 2012, The digger wasps of the genus Prionyx Vander Linden (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Russia and Central Asia, with a key to species, new synonymies, and lectotype designations, Zootaxa 3526, pp. 59-71 : 63-64

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.282745
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6181645
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scientific name	Prionyx macula ( Fabricius 1804 )
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Prionyx macula ( Fabricius 1804) View in CoL

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Pepsis macula Fabricius 1804: 210 . Holotype: 3, Saudi Arabia: no specific locality (MNHN, possibly lost). Sphex lugens Kohl 1889: 25 . Syntypes: Ƥ, 3, Armenia: Arax River Valley: no specific locality (NHMW). Synonymized with Sphex macula by W. Schulz 1911: 165.

Sphex eatoni E. Saunders 1910: 518 . Syntypes: Ƥ, 3, Algeria: Biskra (OXUM). Synonymized with Sphex macula by de Beaumont 1962: 221.

Prionyx macula: Bohart & Menke 1976: 133 View in CoL ; Kazenas 1998: 114; 2002: 29; Pulawski 2012: 16.

Material examined: 17 Ƥ, 17 3 from Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. Distribution: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Kenya.

Prionyx melanotus ( F. Morawitz 1890) View in CoL (Figs 5, 18)

Sphex melanotus F. Morawitz 1890: 575 . Lectotype, designated here: Ƥ, Transcaspia (most likely Turkmenistan): no specific locality (ZIN), examined.

Prionyx melanotus: Myartseva 1972: 84 View in CoL ; Bohart &, Menke 1976: 133; Pulawski 2012: 16.

Material examined: 45 Ƥ, 37 3 from Turkmenistan.

Distribution: Turkmenistan.

Remark. The lectotype is a specimen originally in Ferdinand F. Morawitz collection, donated to him by General Alexander V. Komarov.