Sphex torrida, Madl, 2014

Madl, M., 2014, Annotated catalogue of the Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) of the Malagasy subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 933-1039 : 1022-1023

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873

Sphex torrida n.sp.: SMITH 1873: 291 (descr., Madagascar).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : KOHL 1890: 115 (cat.), 143 (key), 166 (key), 411 (tax., descr., Madagascar).

Sphex (Sphex) torridus SMITH, 1873 : DE SAUSSURE 1890: pl. 18 (fig. 39 as Sphex rufipennis ).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : BRANCSIK 1891: 159 ( Madagascar).

Sphex (Sphex) torridus SMITH, 1873 : DE SAUSSURE 1892: 425 (key), 426 (tax., descr., Madagascar).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : KOHL 1895: 56 (tax., Madagascar).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : DE DALLA TORRE 1897: 444 (cat.).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : FRIESE 1900: 266 ( Seychelles).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : VOELTZKOW 1902: 559 (cat. Seychelles (Aldabra)).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : KOHL 1909: 370 (tax., Mayotte, Madagascar, Europa).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : TURNER 1911: 369 ( Seychelles).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : FRIEDERICHS 1919: 30 (biol., Madagascar).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : VON SCHULTHEss 1919: 48 ( Madagascar).

Sphex (Sphex) torridus SMITH, 1873 : BERLAND 1927: 153 ( Madagascar).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : FRAPPA 1937 not seen

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : FRAPPA 1939: 67 (biol., Madagascar).

Chlorion (Proterosphex) torridum (SMITH, 1873) : ARNOLD 1945: 89 (key, fig. 61), 90 (tax., Madagascar).

Sphex torridum (!) SMITH, 1873: PAULIAN 1950: 84 (Europa).

Sphex (Sphex) torridus SMITH, 1873 : LECLERCQ 1953: 211 ( Madagascar).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : VESEY- FITZGERALD 1957: 362 ( Seychelles).

Sphex (Sphex) torridus SMITH, 1873 : LECLERCQ 1961b: 108 ( Madagascar).

Sphex (Proterosphex) torrida (!) SMITH, 1873: VIETTE 1966: 203 (tax., Europa).

Sphex (Sphex) torridus SMITH, 1873 : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 117 (tax., cat.).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : NILSSON et al. 1986: 412 (biol., Madagascar). 416 biol., (tab. 2: biol., fig. 4: biol.), 417 (biol.), 418 (biol., tab. 5: biol.), 419 (biol., figs. 5: tax., 6: biol.), 420 (biol.), 421 (biol.).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : MADL 1997: 820 ( Madagascar), 821 (cat. Madagascar (Nosy Boraha)).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : MADL 2001: 1109 ( Seychelles, Glorieuses), 1110 (tab. 1: cat. Seychelles (Aldabra Group)).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : PULAWSKI 2003: 795 (cat. Madagascar).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : DOLLFUSS 2008: 1432 ( Madagascar).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : PARNAUDEAU & MADL 2009: 460 (Europa, Glorieuses).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : MADL 2013: 297 ( Seychelles, cat. Seychelles).

Sphex torridus SMITH, 1873 : GERLACH 2013: 364 (red list Seychelles).

* Sphex sp : ABBOTT 1893: 762 ( Seychelles).

D i s t r i b u t i o n Seychelles: Aldabra Group (Aldabra, Assumption, Astove, Cosmoledo) – Mayotte – Madagascar: Prov. Antsiranana: Ambodidimaka, Ambohitra, Moravato (oder Marovato), Nosy Be – Prov. Mahajanga: Ambalabonga, Mahatazana, Tsaramandroso – Prov. Antananarivo: Antananarivo – Prov. Toamasina: Ambodivoangy, Fananehana, Antanambe, Fenoarivo, Mahavelona (Foulpointe), Maroantsetra, Soanierana-Ivongo, Toamasina, Nosy Boraha (Sainte Marie) – Prov. Fianarantsoa: Ambalavao, Ihosy, Ranomafana – Prov. Toliara: Antanimora, Behara, Bekily, Beraketa, 22 km NE Esira (Mt. Belomotra), Foret de Mandena, Fort Dauphin, Mandromodromotra, Sakaraha, Toliara – Réunion: Europa, Glorieuses.

Endemic to the Malagasy subregion. The material in the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris should be checked for further localities (BERLAND 1927: 153).