Eumenes (Eumenes) dubius de Saussure, 1852

Fateryga, Alexander V. & Proshchalykin, Maxim Yu., 2024, New records of the solitary Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae and Eumeninae s. l.) from Central Asia, with new synonyms and description of a new species of Eumenes Latreille, Zootaxa 5529 (3), pp. 551-569 : 556-557

Eumenes (Eumenes) dubius de Saussure, 1852

Eumenes dubia de Saussure, 1852: 32 , ♀ ♂ (type locality: “ Le midi de la France ”).

Material examined (new records). KYRGYZSTAN: Lower reaches of Bogemskoye Canyon, 1–2 km below Chong-Kemin River mouth, 31.VII.2000, 1 ♂, leg. V. Dubatolov [ISEN]; Sary-Chelekskiy Reserve, Arkit, 20.VII.2000, 1 ♀, leg. V. Dubatolov [ISEN].

Distribution. Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe, North Africa, Russia (European part), Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, * Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, South America (introduced).

Remarks. Taxonomic status of the subspecies E. dubius palaestinensis Giordani Soika, 1952b (the name available under Art. 45.5.1 of ICZN 1999; originally described from Israel and Palestine as E. dubius dubius var. palaestinensis Blüthgen, 1938 , unavailable under Art. 45.5 of ICZN 1999) and E. dubius macedonicus van der Vecht & Fischer, 1972 (the name available under Art. 45.5.1 of ICZN 1999; originally described from North Macedonia as E. dubius dubius var. macedonica Blüthgen, 1952 , unavailable under Art. 45.5 of ICZN 1999) is unclear and requires further verification.