Sceliphron spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758)

D, Chalybion, P, Isodontia, V, Prionyx & K, Sceliphron, 2021, Notes on the Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) of Gabon, Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (1), pp. 101-110 : 104

Sceliphron spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Pelopoeus spirifer (!) (LINNAEUS, 1758): FAIRMAIRE 1858: 265 ( Gabon without exact locality).

Pelopoeus spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758) : COSTA 1866: 24 (Gaban = Gabon without further data).

Sceliphron spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758) : KOHL 1894: 342 ( Gabon without exact locality).

Pelopoeus spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758) : KIRBY 1896: 265 ( Gabon without exact locality (only Ogooué river).

Sceliphron (Pelopoeus) spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758) : KOHL 1918: 5 (fig. 9), 7 (taxonomy), 8 (taxonomy), 9 (figs. 12, 13), 12 (biogeography), 15 (fig. 20), 16 (key ♀), 19 (key ♀), 25 (key ♁), 86 (taxonomy, description ♁ ♀, Gabon without exact locality), 87 (fig. 46), 139 (biogeography, world catalogue), 144 (biology), 145 (biology), 146 (biology), 147 (biology), 148 (biology), 149 (biology), 150 (biology), 162 (biology), 163 (fig. 65: larva), 167 (biology), pl. 2 (figs. 11 (?), 13).

Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758) : LECLERCQ 1955: 60 (taxonomy, "Chûtes de Samlia, riv. N’Gamie" = Chûtes de Samba (Rivière Ngounié) near Sindara), 63 (footnote: Libreville).

Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758) : VECHT & BREUGEL 1968: 231 (map), 232 (key), 234 (fig. 20), 235 (fig. 21), 236 (fig. 22), 216 (taxonomy, localities see KOHL (1918) and LECLERCQ (1955)), 240 (fig. 23).

Sceliphron spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758) : LECLERCQ 1969: 1048 (taxonomy, Mbila – Gabon, not Republic of Congo).

Sceliphron (Sceliphron) spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758) : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 105 (world catalogue).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Moyen-Ogooué: Ndjolé, Hotel Kedyann, 1♀, 04.02.2019, leg. M. Madl.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Estuaire: Libreville, no exact locality ( FAIRMAIRE 1858, COSTA 1866, KOHL 1894, 1918) – Moyen-Ogooué: Ndjolé – Ngounié: Chûtes de Samba (Rivière Ngounié) near Sindara, Mbila – no exact locality ( KIRBY 1896).

Sceliphron spirifex , which is widely distributed in the Afrotropical and southern Palaearctic regions, is also known from Cameroon and the Republic of Congo.