Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934

Khedher, Hassib Ben, Yildirim, Erol, Braham, Mohamed & Ljubomirov, Toshko, 2020, First checklist of Tunisian sphecid wasps (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) with new and additional records, Zootaxa 4801 (2), pp. 301-327 : 317

Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934

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Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934 . Arkiv för Zoologi 27A, 21: 4.

Sphex maxillosus : Costa, 1893: 3 ( Tunisia: no specific locality); Graeffe, 1906: 456; Smits van Burgst, 1913: 319; Roth, 1925: 390 ( Tunis); Berland, 1927: 153 ( Tunisia: no specific locality).

General distribution. Afghanistan, Europe, Iran, Kazakhstan, North China, North Africa, South Western Siberia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( Yildirim et al. 2016).

Sphex leuconotus Brullé, 1833

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Sphex leuconotus Brullé, 1833 . Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences Physiques. Tome III. Zoologie et Botanique. Premier Partie. Zoologie: 366.

Sphex afer: Roth, 1925: 394 (Beja) .

Remark. One female of this species from Beja (Teboursouk) was found in J. de Gaulle Collection (MNHN) determined as Sphex tristis Kohl, 1885 (a synonym of Sphex leuconotus ).

General distribution. Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, North Africa, South Europe, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan ( Yildirim et al. 2016).

Figures

MAPS 33–49. Distribution maps of: 33. Chalybion flebile; 34. Sceliphron destillatorium; 35. Sceliphron spirifex; 36. Palmodes occitanicus barbarus; 37. Palmodes occitanicus gaetulus; 38. Palmodes palmetorum; 39. Prionyx kirbii; 40. Prionyx lividocinctus; 41. Prionyx macula; 42. Prionyx niveatus; 43. Prionyx stschurowskii hyalipennis; 44. Prionyx trichargyrus; 45. Prionyx viduatus; 46. Sphex flavipennis; 47. Sphex funerarius; 48. Sphex leuconotus; 49. Sphex pruinosus.