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Sphex pruinosus Germar 1817

Description

Sphex pruinosus Germar, 1817

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Arabia (Murai & Amr 2011), Oman (Roche 2007), Saudi Arabia (Guichard 1988; Gadallah & Assery 2004a; Gadallah et al. 2013; Madl 2018), United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988; Guichard 1988; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Howarth & Gillett 2008; Schmid-Egger 2011; Madl 2018), Yemen (Kohl 1906; Madl 2018).

Extralimital distribution: Afghanistan, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Pakistan, Syria, Tajikistan, 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 87, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.8, http://zenodo.org/record/3719055

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Pompilidae
Genus
Sphex
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Germar
Species
pruinosus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Sphex pruinosus Germar, 1817 sec. Gadallah, 2020

References

  • Murai, M. N. & Amr, Z. S. (2011) Sphecidae and Crabronidae of the Al Thawrah Nature Reserve, northern Syria, with a checklist of the species known from Syria. Zoology in the Middle East, 53 (1), 107 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 09397140.2011.10648868
  • Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149.
  • Guichard, K. M. (1988) Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Subfamily Sphecinae of the Arabian Peninsula. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 9, 114 - 151.
  • 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.
  • Madl, M. (2018) A preliminary catalogue of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 50 (2), 907 - 967.
  • 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.
  • Schmid-Egger, C. (2011) Order Hymenoptera, families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4, 488 - 608.
  • Kohl, F. F. (1906) Zoologische Ergebnisse der Expedition der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften nach Sudarabien und Sokotra in Jahre 1898 - 1899. Hymenopteren. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlische Klasse, 71 (1), 169 - 301, pls. I-XI.