Pararrhynchium de Saussure, 1855

Carpenter, James M. & Brown, Graham R., 2021, Catalogue of the Australian Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), Zootaxa 4919 (1), pp. 1-68 : 49-50

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Genus Pararrhynchium de Saussure View in CoL View at ENA

Pararrhynchium de Saussure 1855: 173 View in CoL , division of genus Rhynchium Spinola. View in CoL

Type species: Rynchium ornatum Smith 1852 , by monotypy.

Prorhynchium de Saussure 1855: 174 , division of genus Rhynchium Spinola. View in CoL

Type species: Rhynchium smithii de Saussure 1855 , by monotypy.

Prorrhynchium de Saussure 1856: 8 (Table des Matières), 348 (Index) (incorrect spelling of Prorhynchium de Saussure ).

Pararhynchium de Saussure 1862: 182; Giordani Soika 1973b: 122; Giordani Soika 1986b: 77, 79; Giordani Soika 1986c: 141 (incorrect spelling of Pararrhynchium de Saussure View in CoL ).

Parrhynchium Dalla Torre 1894: 42 (subgenus of Rhynchium Spinola View in CoL ; incorrect spelling of Pararrhynchium de Saussure View in CoL ) [erroneously gives de Saussure 1862, as the first reference].

Lissodynerus Giordani Soika 1993b: 135 View in CoL , genus; reference to Lissodynerus Giordani Soika 1973 View in CoL , and Trichodynerus Giordani Soika & Kojima 1988 View in CoL . NEW SYNONYMY.

Type species: Odynerus septemfasciatus Smith 1857 , by original designation.

Note: Redescribed as a “new” genus by Giordani Soika 1994: 301.

Lissodynerus Giordani Soika 1973b: 119 View in CoL , used as generic name for Odynerus septemfasciatus var. feanus Giordani Soika 1941 . Unavailable under Article 13.1.1 of the Code. NEW SYNONYMY.

Trichodynerus Giordani Soika & Kojima 1988: 178 View in CoL , used as a generic name in the combination Trichodynerus agilis cursor Giordani Soika & Kojima 1988 View in CoL . Unavailable under Article 13.1.1 of the Code. NEW SYNONYMY.

Taxonomy: van der Vecht 1963a: 94 (synonymy).— Giordani Soika 1994: 302–305 (key to Lissodynerus species).— Kim and Yamane, 2007: 64 ( Pararrhynchium cat.).— Kumar et al. 2015: 7667 ( Lissodynerus checklist).

Distribution: Primarily Oriental Region, with a few species in Australia and the Palearctic.

Ethology: No reports on the Australian species. Elsewhere species have been reported to nest in reeds or bamboo, and both mass and progressive provisioning are known.