Neosphex Reed, 1894

Danilov, Yuriy N. & Odintsev, Oleg A., 2023, On subgenera of the genus Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), with establishment of a new subgenus, Zootaxa 5374 (3), pp. 429-436 : 433

Neosphex Reed, 1894

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Pseudosphex Taschenberg 1869:420 , junior homonym of Pseudosphex Hübner, 1818 ( Lepidoptera ). Type species: Pseudosphex pumilio Taschenberg, 1869 , by monotypy.

Neosphex Reed 1894:627 . Type species: Neosphex albospiniferus Reed, 1894 [= Pseudosphex pumilio Taschenberg, 1869 ], by monotypy.

Group of pumilio of Bohart & Menke 1963.

Diagnosis. Claws with two ventral teeth, male antenna without placoids, free margin of female clypeus entire, and metapleuron not channeled.

Distribution. South America.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Female clypeus of the Prionyx subgenera: a—Prionyx (Calosphex) haberhaueri (Radoszkowski, 1871), b— Prionyx (Foxiprionyx) foxi Bohart et Menke, 1963, c—Prionyx (Harpactopus) zarudnyi (Gussakovskij, 1933), d—Prionyx (Harpactopus) funebris (Berland, 1926), e—Prionyx (Neosphex) pumilio (Taschenberg, 1869), f—Prionyx (Neosphex) spinolae (F. Smith, 1856), g—Prionyx (Priononyx) bifoveolatus (Taschenberg, 1869), h—Prionyx (Priononyx) fervens (Linnaeus, 1758), i—Prionyx (Prionyx) songaricus (Eversmann, 1849), j—Prionyx (Prionyx) viduatus (Christ, 1791).