Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) viaticus (Fabricius, 1775) = Linnaeus, 1758

Kim, Jeong-Kyu, 2023, Revisiting Korean spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) recorded in Kim (1970), Journal of Species Research 12 (4), pp. 332-340 : 337

14. Anoplius (Arachnophroctonus) viaticus

(Linnaeus, 1758) ƚflDzŖLj12ḇ (ṵḡ) Anoplius propinquus Smith : Kim, 1970: 560, Pl. 54, Fig. 647 (Ş [not ♂], Korea: Seoul: Gyonae ), 808 (under a synonym of A. fuscus ).

Voucher specimen. Ş, Gyonae (in Chinese character, maybe Korea University), 1956.iv.29, CW Kim / Hy. 44. 11 - 7 .

Distribution. Transpalearctic: North Africa, Europe to the Far East.

Notes. Voucher of Kim (1970) is female (not male), and of which left posterior half of mesosoma was seriously damaged as in Fig. 3C. Okamoto (1924) first recorded a female of Pompilus propinquus (= A. viaticus ) in Korea (Jeju-do). The occurrence of this species in Korea was doubted by Lelej et al. (1994) and Loktionov and Lelej (2014), but confirmed herein.

In females, this species can be separated from conge- ners by the following combination of characteristics. Me- dium-sized species, body length 9.0 - 15.0 mm; fore tarsus with comb (subgenus Arachnophroctonus Howard ) ( Fig. 3D); posterior margin of pronotum low arcuate, not an- gulate medially; lager basal parts of metasomal terga 1 - 3 deep yellow (narrower posterior marginal part of each tergum not maculated as shown in Fig. 3C); often apical half of hind femur deep yellow ( Fig. 3C).