Chalybion japonicum (GRIBODO, 1883)

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 : 1585

Chalybion japonicum (GRIBODO, 1883)

Chalybion curvatum RITSEMA, 1880: 226 ,,, junior secondary homonym of Chalybion curvatum (SMITH, 1870) , " Japan: no specific locality" (lectotype:, RMNH).

Pelopaeus japonicas GRIBODO, 1883: 264,, (as tentative new species), " Japan: no specific locality" (lectotype:, MSNG).

Pelopoeus punctatus KOHL, 1888: 155 ,, " Tanzania: Zanzibar " (holotype:, ZMHU).

Sceliphron inflexum SICKMANN, 1894: 220 ,,, " China: Hopei Province, Tientsing" (syntypes?, LNMD).

Sceliphron ritsemae DALLA TORRE, 1897: 389 , substitute name for Sceliphron curvatum (RITSEMA, 1880) .

Chalybion japonicum PÉREZ, 1905: 152 , / (as japonicum, incorrect original capitalization), junior secondary homonym of Chalybion japonicum (Gribodo, 1883) , " Japan: no specific locality but presumably Tokyo area" (holotype or syntypes:, MNHN).

Sceliphron degenerans KOHL, 1918: 79 ,, " China: Peking " (holotype:, ZMHU).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: China: Hong Kong, India, Japan: Ryukyus, Korea, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam: Tonkin (= North of Vietnam currently), Ha Giang, Hanoi ( HENSEN 1988, BARTHÉLÉMY 2014).

BARTHÉLÉMY (2014) recorded this species from Vietnam as Chalybion japonicum punctatum (KOHL, 1888) without showing its exact locality. But C. japonicum punctatum was synonymized with Pelopoeus punctatus KOHL 1888 by BOHART & MENKE 1976, and P. punctatus was synonymized with C. japonicum by HENSEN (1988).