Dioryx Benson, 1859

Dioryx Benson, 1859: 177 .

Type species. Alycaeus amphora BENsON, 1856, by sUbsEqUENT dEsIGNaTION (GUdE 1921).

Species inhabiting China, Laos and Vietnam. D. bacca (PfEIffEr, 1862), D. cariniger MöLLENdOrff, 1897, D. cochinensis (GOdwIN-AUsTEN, 1914), D. compactus (Bavay & DaUTzENbErG, 1900) (FIGUrE 4C), D. dautzenbergi PáLL-GErGELy NOm. NOv. (FIGUrE 4A), D. dongiensis VarGa 1972, Dioryx globuloides (ZILCH, 1957) (FIGUrE 4D), D. kobeltianus MOELLENdOrff 1875 (FIGUrE 4E), D. menglunensis CHEN & ZHaNG 1998; D. messageri (Bavay & DaUTzENbErG, 1900) (FIGUrE 4B), D. monadicus (HEUdE, 1890), D. pilula (GOULd, 1859), D. pocsi VarGa, 1972, D. requiescens (MabILLE, 1887), D. ruyangensis HU, YIN, & CHEN, 2004, D. setchuanensis (HEUdE, 1885), D. tangmaiensis CHEN & ZHaNG, 2001.

Remarks. ALL bUT THE fOLLOwING spECIEs wErE ExamINEd by Us: D. menglunensis, D. tangmaiensis .

WE prOpOsE a rEpLaCEmENT NamE fOr Alycaeus (Dioryx) major Bavay & DaUTzENbErG, 1900, NON Alycaeus (Dioryx) granum var. major GOdwIN-AUsTEN, 1893 ( D. dautzenbergi PáLL-GErGELy NOm. NOv.). THE NamE dautzenbergi dErIvEs frOm ZILCH, wHO wrOTE THIs prEvIOUsLy UNpUbLIsHEd maNUsCrIpT NamE ON a LabEL Of Dioryx major .