Digger wasps of the genus Hoplisoides Gribodo (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) from the Palaearctic region, with description of two new species Author Mokrousov, Mikhail V. Institute of Biology and Biomedicine of Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Nizhny Novgorod, Russia Author Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7870-8226 Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia proshchalikin@biosoil.ru Author Maharramov, Mahir M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4130-7071 Institute of Bioresources of Nakhchivan Branch of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, AZ 7000 Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2020 2020-10-30 79 213 233 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.79.56839 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.79.56839 1314-2607-79-213 CD9E634454BA452FA8B2E72D92D66247 B7DAD0ACCBC652C8B7C818878A1982D7 4255389 5. Hoplisoides gazagnairei (Handlirsch, 1893) Gorytes gazagnairei Handlirsch, 1893: CLVI, ♀, ♂ (syntypes: ♀♀, ♂♂, Algeria, Nemours , 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).