Sphex sericeus (FABRICIUS , 1804)

H, Phong, G, P. & N, Yuriy, 2015, Distributional checklist of sphecid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae) from Vietnam, Linzer biologische Beiträge 47 (2), pp. 1581-1599 : 1589-1590

Sphex sericeus (FABRICIUS, 1804)

Sphex aurulentus FABRICIUS, 1793: 201 , sex not indicated, " India: Tranquebar " ( holotype or syntypes, depository unknown).

Pepsis sericeus FABRICIUS, 1804: 211 , sex not indicated, " Lectotype,, in maris pacifici Insulis" ( lectotype:, ZMUC).

Sphex fabricii DAHLBOM, 1843: 27 ,, " India: Tamil Nadu: Tranquebar " ( syntypes:, depository unknown).

Sphex lineolus LEPELETIER, 1845: 353 ,, " Indonesia: Java, no specific locality" ( holotype or syntypes:; M. Spinola collection, Torino).

Sphex ferrugineus LEPELETIER, 1845: 345 ,, "sans patrie mais exotique" ( holotype or syntypes:, originally Audinet-Serville collection, now?).

Sphex ferox SMITH, 1862: 55 ,, " Indonesia: Ambon and Sulawesi, no specific localities" ( syntypes, BMNH, OXUM).

Sphex lepeletierii de SAUSSURE, 1867: 40 ,, " Indonesia: Java, Batavia, now Djakarta " ( holotype or syntypes:, NHMW).

Sphex godeffroyi de SAUSSURE, 1869: 57 ,, " Australia: Cape York, no specific locality" (Museum Hamburg, destroyed in World War II).

Sphex aurifex SMITH, 1873: 460 ,, " Australia: Western Austalia, Champion Bay" ( holotype:, BMNH).

Sphex aurulentus var. pallidehirtus KOHL, 1890: 393 ,, " Papua New Guinea: Port Moresby and Indonesia: Ambon " ( syntypes, NHMW).

Sphex rugosus MATSUMURA, 1912: 176 , 177, Junior primary homonym of Sphex rugosus De Geer, 1773 , " Taiwan: Horisha, Koshun" ( holotype or syntypes, depository?).

Sphex lineolus wegneri van der VECHT & KROMBEIN, 1955: 39,,, " Indonesia: Kalimanatan, Samarinda, Muara Kaman" ( holotype:, RMNH).

Sphex sericeus nigrescens van der VECHT & KROMBEIN, 1955: 39,,, " Philippines: Luzon, Los Banos" ( holotype:, USNM).

Sphex sericeus ferocior van der VECHT & KROMBEIN, 1955: 40, Substitute name for Sphex ferox Smith.

Sphex stueberi van der VECHT & KROMBEIN, 1955: 42 ,,, " Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Hollandia, now Jayapura" ( holotype:, RMNH).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: India, Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippi-

nes, Thailand, Indonesia, China: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Yemen, Timor, Vietnam ( BARTHÉLÉMY 2014).

BARTHÉLÉMY 2014 recorded this species for Vietnam, but did not show its exact locality.