Prionyx niveatus (Dufour, 1854)

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 : 315

Prionyx niveatus (Dufour, 1854)

( Figure 3 c ; Map 42 )

Sphex niveatus Dufour, 1854 . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Série 3, 1: 377.

Prionyx niveatus: Dollfuss, 2008b: 1413 (Tataouine) .

New records (Total 3 ♂, 1 ♀). Kasserine: Sbeitla, Athar, Oued Nakhil , 562 m, 04.IX.2018, 1 ♂ ; Sidi Bouzid: Bouhedma National Park , 1 ♀ (Dumont Collection, MNHN) ; Tozeur: Tozeur center, Oasis Tibebsa , 35 m, 26. VI.2018, 2 ♂ .

Additional records (Total 5 ♂). Tataouine: Ghomrasen, Ghordhab , 159 m, 08.V.2018, 2 ♂ , North Tataouine, Route Tataouine-Medenine km 33, 163 m, 10.V.2018, 3 ♂ .

General distribution. Afghanistan, Arabian Peninsula, Djibouti, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malawi, Mongolia, Niger, North Africa, Palestine, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Western Sahara, Yemen ( Guichard 1988; Pulawski 2019).

Figures

FIGURE 3. a. Prionyx kirbii (male). b. Prionyx kirbii (female). c. Prionyx niveatus (male). d. Sphex pruinosus (male).

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.