Prionyx stschurowskii ( Radoszkowski 1877 )

Danilov, Yuriy N., 2012, The digger wasps of the genus Prionyx Vander Linden (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Russia and Central Asia, with a key to species, new synonymies, and lectotype designations, Zootaxa 3526, pp. 59-71 : 67

Prionyx stschurowskii ( Radoszkowski 1877)

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Sphex stschurowskii Radoszkowski 1877: 7 (as Stschurowskii ). Lectotype, designated here: Ƥ, Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan: Kyzyl-Kum Desert (ZMMU), examined.

Sphex stschurowskii var. hyalipennis Kohl 1895: 48 . Syntypes (examined one specimen): Ƥ, Algeria: Biskra (NHMW). Prionyx stschurowskii: Bohart & Menke 1976: 134 ; Pulawski 2012: 23.

Material examined: 9 Ƥ from Morocco, Algeria, Iran, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Armenia. Distribution: Israel, Saudi Arabia, Armenia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt.

Remark. The lectotype of Sphex stschurowskii Radoszkowski 1877 was collected by Alexei P. Fedtschenko.

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FIGURES 10 – 19. Lectotypes, specimens and labels. 10. Sphex hispidus Morawitz, 11. Sphex persicus Mocsáry; 12. Sphex sirdariensis Radoszkowski; 13. Sphex suavis Morawitz, 14. Sphex stschurowskii Radoszkowski; 15. P. zarudnyi; 16. Sphex tenuicornis Morawitz; 17. Podium maracandicum Radoszkowski; 18. Sphex melanotus Morawitz; 19. Sphex leuconotus Morawitz.