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Psorthaspis formosa (Smith, 1862)

Ferreola formosa Smith, 1862:399, ♀. ♀, Mexico (Oajaca) (National Collection); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:109, Type ♀ (BMNH, no. 19,312). - Cresson, 1867Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150. (distribution), 133 (listed); Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380. (distribution), 376 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.:189 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus formosus (Smith, 1862)); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:289 ( listed as synonym of Pompilus formosus (Smith, 1862)); Bradley, 1944Bradley, J.C. 1944. A preliminary revision of the Pompilinae (exclusive of the tribe Pompilini) of the Americas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 70:23-157.:58 (listed). - As Psorthaspis formosa: - Bradley, 1944Bradley, J.C. 1944. A preliminary revision of the Pompilinae (exclusive of the tribe Pompilini) of the Americas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 70:23-157. (distribution), 39 (key female), 58 (comb. nov., description female); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro & H. Delfin-González 2014. Predatory Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern Entomoloigst 39 (3):635-646. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2015Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro-Alberto & H. Delfín-González 2015. Avispas depredadoras de áreas naturales protegidas del estado de Yucatán, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86:989-997. (distribution); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution); Fernández et al., 2022Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503. (distribution); Kurczewski & West, 2022Kurczewski, F.E. & R.C. West 2022. Host selection and nesting behavior of Nearctic trapdoor spider-hunting spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae, Pompilinae). Insecta Mundi 0959:1-24. (distribution), 6 (hosts).
Salius tomentosus Taschenberg, 1869:70, ♀. ♀, Mexico (Museum der Universität zu Halle); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:109, Type ♀ (Zool Inst., Halle, Germany). Synonymized with Psorthaspis formosa (Smith, 1862) by Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:109. - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 242 (listed); Fox, 1899Fox, W.J. 1899. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 6: A Collection from Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51 (1):195-200. (distribution).
Pompilus rinconensis Cameron, 1897:375, ♀. ♀, Rincon in Guerrero (leg. H.H. Smith); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:109, Type ♀ (BMNH, no. 19,313). Synonymized with Psorthaspis formosa (Smith, 1862) by Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:109. - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:404 (listed); Cameron, 1899Cameron, P. 1899. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. Supplement. :403-413. (distribution).
Pedinaspis alternata Banks, 1931:132, ♂. ♂, Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, 29 June (Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, Cambridge, Mass., leg. Bequaert); Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:109, Type ♂ (MCZ, no. 16,537). Synonymized with Psorthaspis formosa (Smith, 1862) by Evans, 1966Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.:109. - Bradley, 1944Bradley, J.C. 1944. A preliminary revision of the Pompilinae (exclusive of the tribe Pompilini) of the Americas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 70:23-157.:69 (listed). - As Psorthaspis alternata: - Bradley, 1944Bradley, J.C. 1944. A preliminary revision of the Pompilinae (exclusive of the tribe Pompilini) of the Americas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 70:23-157. (distribution), 41 (key male), 69 (comb. nov., description male); Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536. (distribution); Fernández et al., 2022Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503. (distribution).

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Area distribution map

map of Psorthaspis formosa (Smith, 1862)

Distribution

BRABrazil
 (Fox, 1899 [as Salius tomentosus Taschenberg, 1869])
CRICosta Rica
 (Evans, 1966; Fernández et al., 2022)
MEXMexico
 (Cresson, 1867; Cresson, 1869; Taschenberg, 1869 [as Salius tomentosus Taschenberg, 1869]; Dalla Torre, 1897 [as Salius tomentosus Taschenberg, 1869]; Cameron, 1897 [as Pompilus rinconensis Cameron, 1897]; Banks, 1931 [as Pedinaspis alternata Banks, 1931]; Bradley, 1944; Bradley, 1944 [as Psorthaspis alternata (Banks, 1931)]; Evans, 1966 [as Salius tomentosus Taschenberg, 1869]; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021 [as Psorthaspis alternata (Banks, 1931)]; Fernández et al., 2022; Fernández et al., 2022 [as Psorthaspis alternata (Banks, 1931)])
MEX-ChsMexico - Chiapas
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-GueMexico - Guerrero
 (Cameron, 1899 [as Pompilus rinconensis Cameron, 1897]; Evans, 1966 [as Pompilus rinconensis Cameron, 1897]; Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-MéxMexico - México
 (Evans, 1966)
MEX-MorMexico - Morelos
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-OaxMexico - Oaxaca
 (Smith, 1862; Evans, 1966; Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-PueMexico - Puebla
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-SinMexico - Sinaloa
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-VdIMexico - Veracruz
 (Evans, 1966; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021)
MEX-YucMexico - Yucatán
 (Evans, 1966; Evans, 1966 [as Pedinaspis alternata Banks, 1931]; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2014; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2015; Vanoye-Eligio et al., 2021; Kurczewski & West, 2022)

Literature

  • Banks, N. 1931. Psammocharidae from Yucatan. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 26:131-134.
  • Bradley, J.C. 1944. A preliminary revision of the Pompilinae (exclusive of the tribe Pompilini) of the Americas (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 70:23-157.
  • Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.
  • Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.
  • Cameron, P. 1897. New species of Hymenoptera from central America [Concluded from p. 276]. Ann. Mag. Natur His. 6th ser. (19):368-378.
  • Cameron, P. 1899. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. Supplement. :403-413.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1867. Notes on the Pompilidæ of North America, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 1 (1867/1868):85-150.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • Evans, H.E. 1966. A revision of the Mexican and central American spider wasps of the subfamily Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society :1-442.
  • Fernández, F., J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, B. Decker & J. Pitts 2022. Twenty two years later: An updated checklist of Neotropical spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa 5116 (4):451-503.
  • Fox, W.J. 1899. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 6: A Collection from Rio Grande do Sul and Sao Paulo. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51 (1):195-200.
  • Kurczewski, F.E. & R.C. West 2022. Host selection and nesting behavior of Nearctic trapdoor spider-hunting spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae, Pompilinae). Insecta Mundi 0959:1-24.
  • Smith, F. 1862. XXIX. Descriptions of new species of Mexican Pompilidae, belonging to the genera Pompilus, Agenia, Priocnemis, Notocyphus and Ferreola. Journal of Entomology 1:395-399.
  • Taschenberg, E.L. 1869. Die Pompiliden des Museums der Universität Halle. Zeitschrift für die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften 34:25-75.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., M. del C. Gómez-Camal, B. del R. Martín-Canché, M. Rosas-Mejía, J.V. HortaVega & V. Vanoye-Eligio 2021. Current knowledge of the family Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) in Mexico: diversity and geographical distribution. Zootaxa 5071 (4):505-536.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro & H. Delfin-González 2014. Predatory Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Yucatan Peninsula. Southwestern Entomoloigst 39 (3):635-646.
  • Vanoye-Eligio, M., V. Meléndez-Ramírez, R. Ayala, J. Navarro-Alberto & H. Delfín-González 2015. Avispas depredadoras de áreas naturales protegidas del estado de Yucatán, México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 86:989-997.