Chlorion funereum GRIBODO, 1879

Madl, Michael, D, Chalybion, L, Chlorion, S, Podalonia, V, Prionyx & K, Sceliphron, 2023, A catalogue of the family Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2), pp. 563-572 : 566

Chlorion funereum GRIBODO, 1879

Sphex funereus (GRIBODO, 1879) : DALLA TORRE 1897: 423 (world catalogue: East Africa including Eritrea – MAGRETTI 1884 is cited).

Chlorion funereum GRIBODO, 1879 ): LECLERCQ 1955: 39 (taxonomy, without localities ( KOHL 1890 partim), catalogue Africa), 97 (tab. 1: distribution in Africa).

Sphex (Chlorion) funereus (GRIBODO, 1879) : BEAUMONT 1962: 30 (key, fig. 6), 34 (taxonomy, description ♀ ♁, Eritrea ( MAGRETTI 1884)).

Chlorion funereum GRIBODO, 1879 : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 88 (world catalogue: Somalia to Chad).

* Chlorion melanosoma SMITH, 1856 : MAGRETTI 1884: 578 (taxonomy, biology, Khor Cheru – misidentification KOHL 1890, 1906).

Chlorion melanosoma Smith, 1856 : MAGRETTI 1885: 323 (Khor Cheru), 352 (catalogue species collected by expedition).

* Sphex (Chlorion) regalis (SMITH, 1873) : KOHL 1890: 112 (taxonomy), 117 (biogeography), 133- 134 (key ♀), 159 (key ♁ as var. kohli ANDRÉ, 1888 ), 179 (taxonomy, description ♀ ♁, Kar = Khor Cheru ( MAGRETTI 1884)), 181 (Fussnote 1: Taxonomie).

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Chlorion funereum is known from the Afrotropical ( Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Socotra) and Palaearctic (e.g. Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) regions.