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Prionyx viduatus

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Prionyx viduatus (Christ, 1791)

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Oman (Guichard 1980, 1988; Roche 2007 as Prionyx viduatus viduatus; Dollfuss 2008), Qatar (Guichard 1988), Saudi Arabia (Bohart & Menke 1976; Guichard 1988; Gadallah & Assery 2004a; Roche 2007 as P. viduatus viduatus; Gadallah et al. 2013), United Arab Emirates (Roche 1981; Hamer 1986, 1988; Guichard 1988; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Dollfuss 2008; Howarth & Gillett 2008; Schmid- Egger 2011, 2014), Yemen (Kirby 1900 as Sphex granti W.F. Kirby, 1900; Bohart & Menke 1976; Roche 2007 as P. viduatus viduatus).

Extralimital distribution: Afghanistan, Africa, Canary Islands, Cyprus, Greece, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malta, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Notes

Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Sphecidae (sensu stricto), pp. 77-90 in Zootaxa 4754 (1) on page 86, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/3719055

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/62358785FFCCC91FFF2086F6FE124085

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Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.8 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/3719055 (URL)
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Biodiversity

Family
Sphecidae
Genus
Prionyx
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Christ
Species
viduatus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Prionyx viduatus (Christ, 1791) sec. Gadallah, 2020

References

  • Guichard, K. M. (1980) A preliminary account of sphecid wasps of Oman (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of Oman Studies, Spec. Rep., 2, 223 - 232.
  • Guichard, K. M. (1988) Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Subfamily Sphecinae of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 9, 114 - 151.
  • Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149.
  • Dollfuss, H. (2008) The Sphecini wasps of the genera Chilosphex Bohart and Menke, Isodontia Patton, Palmodes Kohl, Prionyx Vander Linden and Sphex Linnaeus of the " Biologiezentrum Linz " - collection in Linz, Austria (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Sphecidae). Linzer biologische Beitrage, 40, 1399 - 1434.
  • Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid Wasps of the World. A Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 695 pp.
  • Gadallah, N. S. & Assery, B. M. (2004 a) A review of Sphecidae (with the exception of Larrinae) of the Jeddah region (west of Saudi Arabia), with a checklist of species known from Saudi Arabia. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 36, 215 - 239.
  • Gadallah, N. S., Al Dhafer, H. M., Aldryhim, Y. N., Fadl, H. & El Gharbawy, A. A. (2013) The digger wasps of Saudi Arabia: New records and distribution, with a checklist of species (Hym.: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae). North-Western Journal of Zoology, 9 (2), 345 - 364.
  • Roche, C. G. (1981) Notes on the bees and wasps of the UAE. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 15, 12 - 20. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 15 / 15 _ 12. htm (accessed 17 August 2019)
  • Hamer, I. (1986) Hymenoptera highlights II. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 30, 10 - 16. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 30 / 30 _ 10. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)
  • Hamer, I. (1988) Hymenoptera highlights V. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 35, 6 - 12. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 35 / 35 _ 06. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)
  • Gillett, M. & Gillett, C. (2005) Insects & other arthropods. In: Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (Eds.), The Emirates, a Natural History. Trident Press Ltd., London, pp. 168 - 195 + 352 - 356 + 377 - 379.
  • Howarth, B. & Gillett, M. P. T. (2008) The terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Perry, R. J. (Ed.), Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, pp. 380 - 463.
  • Kirby, W. F. (1900) The Expedition to Sokotra. XII. Descriptions of the new species of Hymenoptera. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums under the City Council, 3, 13 - 24.