Prionyx viduatus viduatus (CHRIST , 1791)

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 : 1587

Prionyx viduatus viduatus (CHRIST, 1791)

Sphex viduatus CHRIST, 1791: 305 , sex not indicated (as viduata, incorrect original termination), " France: Provence region, no specific locality" ( holotype or syntypes?, lost)

Sphex pubescens FABRICIUS, 1793: 205 , sex not indicated, " Guinea: ( lectotype), no specific locality" ( lectotype:, ZMUC).

Enodia canescens DAHLBOM, 1843: 28 ,,, " Senegal and Guinea: no specific localities" ( syntypes, MZLU).

Sphex micans EVERSMANN, 1849: 368 ,,, " Russia: lower Volga area" ( syntypes, ZIN).

Sphex leuconotus MORAWITZ, 1890: 579 ,, " Turkmenistan: Ashkhabad" ( lectotype:, ZIN).

Sphex granti KIRBY, 1900: 23 ,,, " Yemen: Abd-el-Kuri islands, no specific locality" ( syntypes, BMNH).

Sphex platynotus MATSUMURA, 1912: 177 , 178,, " Japan: Okinawa, no specific locality" ( holotype or syntypes:, depository?).

Sphex perezi BERLAND, 1926: 170 ,,, " Senegal: no specific locality" ( Lectotype:, MNHN).

? Priononyx zanoni GRIBODO, 1925: 88 ,,, " Libya:Fueihat 15 kms out of Benghazi " ( syntypes,MSNG).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cameroon, Canary Islands, China, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Guinea, France, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Gabon, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Africa, Somalia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, UAE, Western Sahara, Yemen, Vietnam: Tay Ninh ( CLARK 1987; DANILOV 2012; AUGUL et al. 2015).

This species is recorded in Tay Ninh Province, Vietnam as a predator on the short horned grasshopper Aiolopus thalassinus tumulus (FABRICIUS) by CLARK (1987).