Hoplisoides gazagnairei (Handlirsch, 1893)

Mokrousov, Mikhail V., Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. & Maharramov, Mahir M., 2020, Digger wasps of the genus Hoplisoides Gribodo (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) from the Palaearctic region, with description of two new species, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 79, pp. 213-233 : 213

5. Hoplisoides gazagnairei (Handlirsch, 1893)

Gorytes gazagnairei Handlirsch, 1893: CLVI, ♀, ♂ (syntypes: ♀♀, ♂♂, Algeria, Némours, now Ghazaouet [Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien, Austria]).

Material examined.

Tunisia: (1 ♂) , leg. Reitter [FSCV].

Distribution.

Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya.

Remark.

Gorytes maroccanus Dusmet y Alonso, 1925: 246 (= Hoplisoides gazagnairei maroccanus (Dusmet) according to de Beaumont 1952a: 227) was described based on slight differences of the colour of metasoma. This character varies with the climatic conditions the wasps live in and usually is unsuitable for a taxonomic differentiation. This taxon is probably synonym of Hoplisoides gazagnairei (Handlirsch), but for the final conclusion it is necessary to study the types or specimens from the type locality (Morocco).