POMPILINAE Latreille, 1804

Loktionov, Valery M. & Lelej, Arkady S., 2015, Keys to genera of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia and neighbouring countries, with check-list of genera, Zootaxa 4034 (1), pp. 87-111 : 101-105

Subfamily POMPILINAE Latreille, 1804

Agenioideus Ashmead, 1902

Type species. Pompilus humilis Cresson, 1867 , North America, by original designation. Distribution. Russia: European part, Far East; worldwide (Loktionov & Lelej 2014).

Amblyellus Day, 1981

Type species. Pompilus hasdrubal Kohl, 1894 , by original designation.

Distribution. Russia: south of European part ( Tobias 1978); Palaearctic (Western, Eastern and South Europe, North Africa, Near East, Central Asia) and Afrotropical Regions ( Yemen, South Africa) ( Day 1981, Wahis 2013).

Anoplius Dufour, 1834

Type species. Sphex nigerrima Scopoli, 1763 , designated by ICZN, 1973: 24 according to application of van der Vecht & Menke 1968: 120.

Distribution. Russia: European part, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East; worldwide ( Shlyahtenok et al. 2012; Loktionov & Lelej 2014).

Anospilus Haupt, 1929

Type species. Pompilus orbitalis A. Costa, 1863 , by original designation. Distribution. Russia: European part, Far East; Palaearctic Region (Loktionov & Lelej 2014).

Aporinellus Banks, 1911

Type species. Aporus fasciatus Smith, 1855 , North America, by subsequent designation of Banks 1912: 223. Distribution. Russia: European part, Ural, Western Siberia ( Tobias 1978); Palaearctic (Europe, North Africa, Near East, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia) ( Zonstein 2002b, Wolf 2005, Wahis 2013), Nearctic and Neotropical ( Krombein 1979), Afrotropical ( Madagascar) (Wahis 2000) and Oriental ( Banks 1934) Regions.

Aporus Spinola, 1808

Type species. Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808 , by subsequent designation of Latreille 1810: 437. Distribution. Russia: European part, Eastern Siberia, Far East; worldwide (except Australia) (Loktionov & Lelej 2014).

Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900

Type species. Arachnospila septentrionalis Kincaid, 1900 , North America, by monotypy (junior subjective synonym of Pompilus fumipennis Zetterstedt, 1838 according to Evans 1951: 935). Distribution. Russia: European part, Ural, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East; worldwide (except Australia) (Loktionov & Lelej 2011, 2014, 2015; Lelej & Loktionov 2011).

Arachnotheutes Haupt, 1927

Type species. Pompilus rufithorax Costa, 1881 , by original designation.

Distribution. Russia: south of European part ( Tobias 1978); Palaearctic Region (Western, Eastern and South Europe, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Central Asia) ( Wolf 1972, 2005; Zonstein 2002b; Wahis 2013).

* Ctenagenia de Saussure, 1892

Type species. Pompilus vespiformis Klug, 1834 , by subsequent designation of Haupt 1927: 129. Distribution. Palaearctic (South Europe, North Africa, Near East, Afghanistan, Pakistan) and Afrotropical (north and north-east) Regions (Wahis 2002, 2013).

Dicyrtomellus Gussakovskij, 1935

Type species. Sphex cingulata Rossi, 1790 , by original designation (nom. praeocc., nec Fabricius 1775, replaced by Pompilus luctuosus Mocsary, 1878 according to Pate 1949: 83; nom. praeocc., nec Cresson 1865; replaced by Dicyrtomellus argenteus Wahis, 1983 ; junior subjective synonym of Arachnospila (Arachnospila) fumipennis tingitana Wolf, 1966 = Dicyromellus tingitanus ( Wolf, 1966) according to Wolf 2001: 970). Distribution. Russia: south of European part ( Tobias 1978); Palaearctic Region (Western, Eastern and South Europe, North Africa, Near East ( Wahis 2013), Central Asia, Mongolia ( Zonstein 2002b), Kazakhstan (Wolf 2005)).

* Entomobora Gistel, 1857

Type species. Entomobora aestivalis Gistel, 1857 (= Pompilus fuscipennis Vander Linden, 1827 ), by monotypy. Distribution. Palaearctic Region (Western, Eastern and South Europe, Near East, North Africa) ( Wahis 2013).

Eoferreola Arnold, 1935

Type species. Anoplius soleanus Cameron, 1905 , by original designation.

Distribution. Russia: south of European part, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East (Loktionov & Lelej 2014); Palaearctic, Nearctic and Afrotropical Regions ( Wahis & Schmid-Egger 2002; Wahis 2013).

Episyron Schiødte, 1837

Type species. Sphex rufipes Linnaeus, 1758 , by monotypy.

Distribution. Russia: European part, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East; worldwide (Loktionov & Lelej 2014).

Evagetes Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

Type species. Evagetes bicolor Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845 (= Aporus dubius Vander Linden, 1827 ), by monotypy.

Distribution. Russia: European part, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East; Palaearctic, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions (van der Smissen 2003, Loktionov & Lelej 2009, 2014).

Ferreola Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845

Type species. Ferreola algira Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845, by monotypy. Distribution. Russia: south of European part; Palaearctic (Europe, North Africa, Central Asia), Afrotropical ( Eritrea, Yemen) and Australian Regions ( Tobias 1978, Zonstein 2002b, Elliot 2007, Wiśniowski 2009, Wahis 2013).

* Gonaporus Ashmead, 1902

Type species. Pompilus gracilis Klug, 1834 , by original designation.

Distribution. Palaearctic (Europe: Canary Is.; North Africa, Near East and Central Asia) and Afrotropical ( Equatorial Guinea) Regions ( Wolf 1990, Zonstein & Wahis 2015).

* Hanedapompilus Shimizu in Shimizu & Wahis, 2005

Type species. Hanedapompilus yamagishii Shimizu, 2005 , by original designation. Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic ( Japan) ( Shimizu & Wahis 2005).

Homonotus Dahlbom, 1843

Type species. Sphex sanguinolenta Fabricius, 1793 , by subsequent designation of Stein 1859: 60. Distribution. Russia: European part, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East (Loktionov & Lelej 2014). Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotropical Regions ( Elliot 2007).

Lophopompilus Radoszkowski, 1887

Type species. Pompilus grandis Eversmann, 1849 (= Sphex samariensis Pallas, 1771 ), by subsequent designation of Ashmead 1902: 84.

Distribution. Russia: European part, Eastern Siberia, Far East; Palaearctic and Nearctic Regions (Loktionov & Lelej 2014).

Microphadnus Cameron, 1905

Type species. Microphadnus bicolor Cameron, 1905 , by subsequent designation of Arnold 1937: 68. Distribution. Russia: south of European part ( Tobias 1978); Palaearctic (Western and South Europe, North Africa, Near East, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia), Afrotropical ( South Africa, Madagascar) and Australian Regions ( Zonstein 2002b, Elliot 2007, Wahis 2013).

* Nanoclavelia Priesner, 1955

Type species. Pompilus leucopterus Dahlbom, 1843 , by original designation. Distribution. South Palaearctic (Europe, North Africa, Near East, Central Asia) ( Haupt 1962, Wolf 1978, Zonstein 2002b, Yildirim & Wahis 2011, Wahis 2013).

* Pamirospila Wolf, 1970

Type species. Psammochares pamirus Haupt, 1930 , by original designation. Distribution. Palaearctic Region (Central Asia) ( Zonstein 2002b).

Parabatozonus Yasumatsu, 1936 (= Batozonellus Arnold, 1937 , type species Pompilus fuliginosus Klug, 1834 , by original designation. Junior subjective synonym of Parabatozonus Yasumatsu, 1936 according to Loktionov & Lelej 2014: 210).

Type species. Pompilus hakodadi de Dalla Torre, 1897 (= Pompilus jankowskii Radoszkowski, 1887 ), by original designation.

Distribution. Russia: European part, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East; Palaearctic, Nearctic, Afrotropical and Australian Regions ( Elliot 2007, Loktionov & Lelej 2014).

* Paracyphononyx Gribodo, 1884

Type species. Paracyphononyx melanicrus Gribodo, 1884 , by monotypy. Distribution. Worldwide (mainly in tropical and temperate regions) ( Elliot 2007).

* Pareiocurgus Haupt in Priesner, 1955

Type species. Pompilus calidus Guérin-Méneville, 1843 (= Pompilus violaceipennis Brullé, 1839 ), by monotypy. Distribution. Palaearctic Region (Canary Is., North Africa, Near East, Central Asia) ( Haupt 1962, Zonstein 2002b, Wahis 2013).

Pompilus Fabricius, 1798

Type species. Pompilus pulcher Fabricius, 1798 , designated by ICZN, 1945: 377, according to petition of C. Bradley and 59 other hymenopterists ( ICZN 1945).

Distribution. Russia: European part, Ural, Western and Eastern Siberia, Far East ( Tobias 1978, Loktionov & Lelej 2014). Palaearctic, Afrotropical, Oriental and Australian Regions ( Day 1981).

* Pseudopompilus Costa, 1887

Type species. Pompilus antonini De Stefani, 1884 (= Salius humboldti Dahlbom, 1845 ), by monotypy. Distribution. Palaearctic (South Europe, North Africa, Central Asia) and Afrotropical Regions ( Tobias 1978, Wahis 2013).

Schistonyx de Saussure, 1887

Type species. Cyphononyx (Schistonyx) velutinus de Saussure, 1887, by subsequent designation of Haupt 1929a: 122.

Distribution. Russia: south of European part; Palaearctic (South Europe, North Africa, Near East, Central Asia) and Afrotropical Regions ( Arnold 1937, Tobias 1978, Yildirim & Wahis 2011, Wahis 2013).

* Stigmaporus Zonstein, 2001

Type species. Gonaporus (Stigmaporus) wolfi Zonstein, 2001 , by original designation. Distribution. Palaearctic (Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia) ( Zonstein & Wahis 2015).

Tachyagetes Haupt, 1930

Type species. Evagetes filicornis Tournier, 1889 , by original designation.

Distribution. Russia: south of European part, Ural ( Tobias 1978); Palaearctic Region (Western, Eastern and South Europe, North Africa, Near East, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia) ( Zonstein 2002b, Wahis 2013).

* Tachypompilus Ashmead, 1902

Type species. Tachypompilus abbotti Ashmead, 1902 (= Sphex analis Fabricius, 1781 ), by original designation. Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical and Oriental Regions ( Banks 1934, Wasbauer & Kimsey 1985, Shimizu 1996b).

* Telostegus Costa, 1887 (= Elaphrosyron Haupt, 1929 , type species Elaphrosyron heinrichi Haupt, 1929 . Junior subjective synonym of Telostegus Costa, 1887 according to Yildirim & Wahis 2011: 29).

Type species. Aporus major Costa, 1886 (= Aporus inermis Brullé, 1832 ), by monotypy.

Distribution. Palaearctic (Western, Eastern and South Europe, North Africa, Near East, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia), Afrotropical and Australian Regions ( Arnold 1937, Zonstein 2002b, Wolf 2005, Elliot 2007, Yildirim & Wahis 2011, Wahis 2013).

* Telostholus Haupt, 1929

Type species. Planiceps orientalis Cameron, 1891 , by original designation. Distribution. Eastern Palaearctic and Oriental Region ( Tsuneki 1989, Shimizu 1996b).

Xenaporus Ashmead, 1902

Type species. Pompilus amoenus Klug, 1834 , by original designation. Distribution. Russia (new record): south of Eastern Siberia; Palaearctic (Western, Eastern and South Europe, North Africa, Near East, Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia) and Nearctic Regions ( Tobias 1978, Zonstein 2002a, Wahis 2013).

Xenaporus eremocanus Wolf, 1990 . Material examined. Russia: 2♀, 2♂, Eastern Siberia, Tuva, 27 km SSW Erzin, Tore-Khol Lake (Oasis), 12.VII.2014 (A. Lelej, M. Proshchalykin, V. Loktionov).

Distribution. Russia (new record): Eastern Siberia (Tuva); East Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, South Kyrgyzstan, South-Eastern Kazakhstan, Mongolia ( Zonstein & Zonstein 2007).