Priocnemis Schiødte, 1837
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253409 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A9185567-9B14-FFB7-92FE-FE394E761FF8 |
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Felipe |
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Priocnemis Schiødte, 1837 |
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Type species Sphex exaltata Fabricius, 1775 , designated by Westwood 1840.
Remarks. This is a worldwide-distributed genus, with highest diversity in the Holarctic region ( Townes 1957). Priocnemis has been reported for Cuba ( Alayo 1969) and Puerto Rico ( Snelling & Torres 2004) – the last record has been related to human trade history. This is the first record of the genus Priocnemis for the Dominican Republic.
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