Sphex sericeus (Fabricius, 1804)

Pham, Phong Huy & Antropov, A. V., 2021, Contributions to the knowledge of the spheciformes fauna (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae) from Vietnam, Russian Entomological Journal 30 (3), pp. 314-322 : 317

2. 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 F. Smith, 1862: 55 , ♂, “ Indonesia: Ambon and Sulawesi, no specific localities” (Syntypes, BMNH, OXUM).

Sphex lepeletierii Saussure, 1867: 40 , ♀, “ Indonesia: Java, Batavia , now Djakarta ” (Holotype or syntypes: ♀, NHMW) .

Sphex godeffroyi Saussure, 1869: 57 , ♀, “ Australia: Cape York, no specific locality” (Museum Hamburg, destroyed in World War II).

Sphex aurifex F. 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 F. Smith.

Sphex stueberi van der Vecht, Krombein, 1955: 42 , ♀, ♂, “ Indonesia: Irian Jaya, Hollandia, now Jayapura ” (Holotype: ♀, RMNH) .

SPECIMENS EXAMINED: VIETNAM: Ninh Binh: 2♀, Gia Sinh, Gia Vien , 24.vi.2017, insect net, Coll. Ph.H. Pham. Vinh Phuc: 2♀, Me Linh Station for Biodiversity, Me Linh , 31.v.2019, Coll. Ph.H. Pham. Hoa Binh: 1♀, Tan Vinh, Luong Son , 26.vii.2019, Coll. Ph.H. Pham.

DISTRIBUTION. India, Sri Lanka, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, China: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Australia, Yemen, Timor, Vietnam:? [ Barthélémy, 2014], Quang Nam [ Tano, Kurokawa, 2015], Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, Vinh Phuc (new records).

REMARKS. Tano, Kurokawa [2015] recorded this species for Vietnam under the subspecies S. sericeus lineolus Lepeletier , but Kohl [1885] synonymized it under the nominate species S. sericeus (Fabricius) .