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Sceliphron assimile (Dahlbom, 1843)

Pelopoeus assimilis Dahlbom, 1843:23 - Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:25 ( listed as synonym of Pelopoeus vindex Lepeletier, 1845). - As Pelopoeus assimile: - As Sceliphron assimile: - Ashmead, 1900Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367. (distribution); Dow, 1932Dow, R. 1932. Biological notes on Cuban wasps and their parasites. Psyche 39:8-19. (distribution); Wolcott, 1948Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975. (distribution); Maldonado & Navarro, 1967Maldonado, J. & Navarro, C.A. 1967. Additions and corrections to Wolcott's 'Insects of Puerto Rico'. Caribbean Journal of Science 7 (1-2):45-64. (distribution); Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218. (distribution); Alayo, 1976Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los Himenópteros de Cuba - Superfamilia Sphecoidea. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Instituto de Zoologia, Serie Biologica 67:1-46. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209. (distribution); Zayas, 1982Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111. (distribution); Snelling, 1992Snelling, R.R. 1992. Guana and Mona Islands. Sphecos 23:12-14. (distribution); Snelling, 1993Snelling, R.R. 1993. Guana Island - 1992. Sphecos 24:17-19. (distribution); Genaro, 1996Genaro, J.A. 1996. Nest parasites (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera) of some wasps and bees (Vespidae, Sphecidae, Colletidae, Megachilidae, Anthophoridae) in Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science 32:239-240. (distribution); Fernández Triana et al., 2002Fernández Triana, J.L., H. Saríol, M.A. Vega Castillo, S. Ricardo & M. González 2002. Datos preliminares sobre la biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en la provincia Granma, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 31:43-48. (distribution); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139. (distribution); González et al., 2004González, J.M., J.A. Genaro & R.W. Matthews 2004. Species of Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) established in Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad. The Florida Entomologist 87 (4):619-620. (distribution); Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136. (distribution); Fernández-Triana et al., 2005Fernández-Triana, J.L., González, G.G., Portuondo Ferrer, E. & Sánchez Ruiz, A. 2005. Ecological relationschips in nests of six Cuban aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Sphecidae, Apidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:115-118. (distribution); Snelling, 2005Snelling, R.R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: Aculeate Hymenoptera. In: Lazell, J. (Ed.). Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. 283-296. (distribution); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368. (distribution); Fong et al., 2005 2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209. (distribution); Genaro, 2006Genaro, J.A. 2006. Checklist and distribution patterns of apoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae and Crabronidae) of Cuba. Zootaxa 1171:47-68. (distribution); Horta Vega et al., 2007Horta Vega, J.V., O.N. Pinson Domínguez, L. Barrientos Lozano & A. Correa Sandoval 2007. Sphecidae y Crabronidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 23:35-48. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2008Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530. (distribution); Aguiar & Santos, 2009Aguiar, A.P. & B.F. Santos 2009. Biological synopsis of Photocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with eight new host records and fourteen new geographic records. Zootaxa 2148:49-54. (distribution); Frago et al., 2010Frago, E., Portuondo Ferrer, E., Fernández Triana, J.L., Sariego, O. & Garcés Fonseca, J. 2010. Entomofauna del Parque Nacional 'Desembarco del Granma', Cuba Suboriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 46:355-362. (distribution); Fernández & Castro-Huertas, 2014Fernández, F. & V. Castro-Huertas 2014. Las avispas del género Sceliphron Klug en Colombia (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Caldasia 36 (2):389-404. (distribution); Medina, 2016Medina Rosa, J.R. 2016. Avispas de Puerto Rico - Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Apocrita (Aculeata). Ediciones Digitales, 1-23. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution); Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77. (distribution). - As Sceliphron figulus assimile: - Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749. (distribution), 385 (comb. nov.).

Pelopoeus cementarius sensu Cresson, 1865:134 - Smith, 1856Smith, F. 1856. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Sphegidae, Larridae, and Crabronidae. London. 497 pp. (distribution); Cresson, 1865Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp. (distribution); Cresson, 1872Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292. (distribution); Ashmead, 1894Ashmead, W.H. 1894. Notes on cotton insects found in Mississippi. Insect Life 7 (3):240-247. (distribution). - As Pelopoeus cementarium: - Alayo, 1973Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.:182 ( listed as synonym of Sceliphron assimile (Dahlbom, 1843)).

Sceliphron caementarium Nicaraguanum Kohl, 1918:46 (key), 118, ♂♀.Nicaragua (Mus. Berol.). - Kohl, 1918Kohl, F.F. 1918. Die Hautflüglergruppe 'Sphecinae'. IV. Teil. Die natürliche Gattung Sceliphron Klug (Pelopoeus Latr.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 32:1-171. (distribution); Krombein et al., 1979Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.:1578 ( listed as synonym of Sceliphron assimile (Dahlbom, 1843)); Amarante, 2002Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.:71 ( listed as synonym of Sceliphron assimile (Dahlbom, 1843)).

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Distribution

ANTNetherlands Antilles
(Genaro, 2006) ATGAntigua and Barbuda
(Smith, 1856 [as Pelopoeus cementarius sensu Cresson, 1865]) BLZBelize
(Amarante, 2002) CRICosta Rica
(Amarante, 2002; Fernández & Castro-Huertas, 2014) CUBCuba
(Cresson, 1865 [as Pelopoeus cementarius sensu Cresson, 1865]; Dalla Torre, 1897; Ashmead, 1900; Kohl, 1918 [as Sceliphron caementarium nicaraguanum Kohl, 1918]; Dow, 1932; Alayo, 1973; Alayo, 1976; Krombein et al., 1979; Zayas, 1982; Genaro, 1996; Fernández Triana et al., 2002; Amarante, 2002; González et al., 2004; Portuondo Ferrer & Fernández Triana, 2004; Fernández-Triana et al., 2005; Fong et al., 2005; Genaro, 2006; Frago et al., 2010; Fernández & Castro-Huertas, 2014) CUB-SaCCuba - Santiago de Cuba
(Fong et al., 2005) DOMDominican Republic
(Smith, 1856 [as Pelopoeus cementarius sensu Cresson, 1865]) GUFFrench Guiana
(Smith, 1856 [as Pelopoeus cementarius sensu Cresson, 1865]) HISHispaniola
(Genaro, 2006; Perez-Gelabert, 2008; Perez-Gelabert, 2020) HTIHaiti
(Wolcott, 1948) JAMJamaica
(Smith, 1856 [as Pelopoeus cementarius sensu Cresson, 1865]; Amarante, 2002; Genaro, 2006) KNASaint Kitts and Nevis
(Genaro, 2006) LANLesser Antilles
(Amarante, 2002) MEXMexico
(Kohl, 1918 [as Sceliphron caementarium nicaraguanum Kohl, 1918]; Krombein et al., 1979; Amarante, 2002; Genaro, 2006; Fernández & Castro-Huertas, 2014; Nava-Bolaños & Osorio-Olvera, 2022) MEX-TamMexico - Tamaulipas
(Horta Vega et al., 2007) MSRMontserrat
(Genaro, 2006) NICNicaragua
(Kohl, 1918 [as Sceliphron caementarium nicaraguanum Kohl, 1918]) PANPanama
(Krombein et al., 1979; Genaro, 2006) PRIPuerto Rico
(Maldonado & Navarro, 1967; Snelling, 1992; Snelling, 1993; Amarante, 2002; Genaro, 2006; Medina, 2016) TTOTrinidad and Tobago
(Aguiar & Santos, 2009 new) USAUnited States
(Amarante, 2002) USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
(Ashmead, 1894 [as Pelopoeus cementarius sensu Cresson, 1865]) USA-TXUnited States - Texas
(Cresson, 1872 [as Pelopoeus cementarius sensu Cresson, 1865]; Krombein et al., 1979; Genaro, 2006) VGBVirgin Islands (British)
(Snelling, 1993; Snelling, 2005)

Literature

Aguiar, A.P. & B.F. Santos 2009. Biological synopsis of Photocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with eight new host records and fourteen new geographic records. Zootaxa 2148:49-54.
Alayo, P.D. 1973. Catálogo de los Himenopteros de Cuba. Instituto Cubano del libro, La Habana. 1-218.
Alayo, P.D. 1976. Introducción al estudio de los Himenópteros de Cuba - Superfamilia Sphecoidea. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba, Instituto de Zoologia, Serie Biologica 67:1-46.
Amarante, S.T.P. 2002. A synonymic catalog of the neotropical Crabronidae and Sphecidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Arquivos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 37:1-139.
Ashmead, W.H. 1894. Notes on cotton insects found in Mississippi. Insect Life 7 (3):240-247.
Ashmead, W.H. 1900. Report upon the aculeate Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vincent and Grenada, with additions to the parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of the described Hymenoptera of the West Indies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London pt. II:207-367.
Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.
Cresson, E.T. 1865. On the Hymenoptera of Cuba. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 4:200 pp.
Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
Dahlbom, A.G. 1843. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia-per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. Sphex Linn. Fasciculus 1.: Sphecidae Ampulicidae, Pompilidae, Larridae, Nyssonidae. 1-172.
Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
Dow, R. 1932. Biological notes on Cuban wasps and their parasites. Psyche 39:8-19.
Fernández Triana, J.L., H. Saríol, M.A. Vega Castillo, S. Ricardo & M. González 2002. Datos preliminares sobre la biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en la provincia Granma, Cuba. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 31:43-48.
Fernández, F. & V. Castro-Huertas 2014. Las avispas del género Sceliphron Klug en Colombia (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Caldasia 36 (2):389-404.
Fernández-Triana, J.L., González, G.G., Portuondo Ferrer, E. & Sánchez Ruiz, A. 2005. Ecological relationschips in nests of six Cuban aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae, Sphecidae, Apidae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 36:115-118.
2005. Cuba: Parque Nacional 'Alejandro de Humboldt'. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 14. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-368.
2005. Cuba: Siboney-Juticí. Rapid Biological Inventories Report 10. The Field Museum, Chicago. 1-209.
Frago, E., Portuondo Ferrer, E., Fernández Triana, J.L., Sariego, O. & Garcés Fonseca, J. 2010. Entomofauna del Parque Nacional 'Desembarco del Granma', Cuba Suboriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 46:355-362.
Genaro, J.A. 1996. Nest parasites (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera) of some wasps and bees (Vespidae, Sphecidae, Colletidae, Megachilidae, Anthophoridae) in Cuba. Caribbean Journal of Science 32:239-240.
Genaro, J.A. 2006. Checklist and distribution patterns of apoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae and Crabronidae) of Cuba. Zootaxa 1171:47-68.
González, J.M., J.A. Genaro & R.W. Matthews 2004. Species of Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) established in Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad. The Florida Entomologist 87 (4):619-620.
Horta Vega, J.V., O.N. Pinson Domínguez, L. Barrientos Lozano & A. Correa Sandoval 2007. Sphecidae y Crabronidae (Hymenoptera) de algunos municipios del centro y sur de Tamaulipas, México. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 23:35-48.
Kohl, F.F. 1918. Die Hautflüglergruppe 'Sphecinae'. IV. Teil. Die natürliche Gattung Sceliphron Klug (Pelopoeus Latr.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 32:1-171.
Krombein, K.V., P.D. Hurd, D.R. Smith & B.D. Burks 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C. 1199-2209.
Maldonado, J. & Navarro, C.A. 1967. Additions and corrections to Wolcott's 'Insects of Puerto Rico'. Caribbean Journal of Science 7 (1-2):45-64.
Medina Rosa, J.R. 2016. Avispas de Puerto Rico - Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Apocrita (Aculeata). Ediciones Digitales, 1-23.
Nava-Bolaños, A. & L. Osorio-Olvera 2022. Estado del arte del conocimiento de biodiversidad de los polinizadores de México. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 93:1-77.
Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.
Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.
Portuondo Ferrer, E. & J.L. Fernández Triana 2004. Biodiversidad del orden Hymenoptera en los macizos montañosos de Cuba oriental. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 35:121-136.
Smith, F. 1856. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Sphegidae, Larridae, and Crabronidae. London. 497 pp.
Snelling, R.R. 1992. Guana and Mona Islands. Sphecos 23:12-14.
Snelling, R.R. 1993. Guana Island - 1992. Sphecos 24:17-19.
Snelling, R.R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: Aculeate Hymenoptera. In: Lazell, J. (Ed.). Island: Fact and Theory in Nature. 283-296.
Wolcott, G.N. 1948. The insects of Puerto Rico. The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico 32 (4):749-975.
Zayas, F. de 1982. Sección Oligoneoptera - Orden Hymenoptera - Orden Strepsiptera. Editorial Científico-Técnica, Ciudad de la Habana. 1-111.

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