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Entypus caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Sphex cærulea Linnaeus, 1758:571, sex not indicated. Day, 1979Day, M.C. 1979. The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera Sphex, Chrysis, Vespa, Apis and Mutilla. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 12:45-84.:53, Holotype ♀, in America meridionali [SURINAM] (NRS). - Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380.:379 (listed); Day, 1979Day, M.C. 1979. The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera Sphex, Chrysis, Vespa, Apis and Mutilla. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 12:45-84.:53 (comb. nov.); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:285 (listed [not 1763: 412 [NRS] = Chalybion californicum (de Saussure); Day, 1979: 53]); Waichert et al., 2012Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47.:15 (listed). - As Entypus caerulea: - Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:285 (listed). - As Entypus caeruleus: - Fernández, 2000Fernández-C., F 2000. Nuevos registros de avispas Sphecidae y Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Vespoidea) para Colombia. Caldasia 22 (1):142-145. (distribution); Waichert et al., 2012Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47. (distribution), 15 (listed); Fernández et al., 2017Fernández, F., V. Castro, J. Rodríguez, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2017. Avispas cazadoras de arañas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceditor Ltda., Bogotá, D. C., Colombia. (distribution); Perez-Gelabert, 2020Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668. (distribution). - As Pelopeus coeruleus: - As Pepsis caerulea: - Lepeletier, 1845Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Suites à Buffon. Hyménoptères, III. Roret, Paris. 1-646.:475 (listed); Smith, 1855Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.:190 (listed); 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.:147 (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), 379 (listed); Patton, 1879Patton, W. 1879. List of a Collection of Aculeate Hymenoptera made by Mr. S. W. Williston in Northwestern Kansas. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / D 2 (V):349-370. (distribution); Kirby, 1884Kirby, W.F. 1884. On the Hymenoptera collected during the recent expedition of H.M.S. 'Challenger.'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Ser. 5 (13):402-413. (distribution); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:286 ( listed as synonym of Entypus ferruginipennis (Haliday, 1837)). - As Sphex coerulea: - Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:286 (listed [error for Sphex caerulea [sic] Linnaeus, 1758: 571; Fabricius, 1775: 352]).
Sphex caerulea Linnaeus, 1767 no. 38 = Linnaeus, 1758:947
Chlorion caeruleum Drury, 1773 = Linnaeus, 1758 - 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, 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 Sphex caerulea: - Cameron, 1888Cameron, P. 1888. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :1-33. (distribution); Cameron, 1888-1900Cameron, P. 1888-1900. Biologia Centrali-Americana - Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. R. H. Porter and Dulau & Co., London. 413pp, 14 pl.:29 (listed).
Sphex auripennis De Geer, 1773:585, pl. 30, fig. 1, sex not indicated.Surinam (leg. M. Rolander). - 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.:147 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)); Cresson, 1869Cresson, E.T. 1869. Notes on Mexican Pompilidae with descriptions of new species. The Boston Society of Natural History, Proceedings 12:366-380.:380 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)); Mocsáry, 1885Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271.:245 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.:219 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Lucas, 1895Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.:729 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:260 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:285 ( listed as synonym of Entypus caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)); Waichert et al., 2012Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47.:15 ( listed as synonym of Entypus caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758)). - As Pepsis auripennis: - Dahlbom, 1845Dahlbom, A.G. 1845. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia-per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. Sphex Linn. Fasciculus III.: Crabronidarum continuatio et finis, Supplementum I. 353-528.:465 (listed); Cameron, 1893Cameron, P. 1893. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :177-257.:219 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Dalla Torre, 1897Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.:261 ( listed as synonym of Pepsis rubra (Drury, 1773)); Hurd, 1952Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334. (distribution); Vardy, 2005Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.:285 ( listed as synonym of Entypus caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)).

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Area distribution map

map of Entypus caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution

ARGArgentina
 (Fernández, 2000; Fernández et al., 2017)
BOLBolivia
 (Fernández, 2000; Fernández et al., 2017)
BRABrazil
 (Kirby, 1884; Waichert et al., 2012)
COLColombia
 (Fernández, 2000 new; Fernández et al., 2017)
DOMDominican Republic
 (Waichert et al., 2012)
HISHispaniola
 (Perez-Gelabert, 2020)
MEXMexico
 (Smith, 1856 [as Chlorion caeruleum Drury, 1773 = Linnaeus, 1758]; Cresson, 1869; Cameron, 1888 [as Sphex caerulea Drury, 1773 = Linnaeus, 1758]; Waichert et al., 2012)
PRYParaguay
 (Fernández, 2000; Fernández et al., 2017)
SURSuriname
 (De Geer, 1773 [as Sphex auripennis De Geer, 1773]; Day, 1979)
USA-KSUnited States - Kansas
 (Patton, 1879)
USA-MSUnited States - Mississippi
 (Ashmead, 1894 [as Chlorion caeruleum Drury, 1773 = Linnaeus, 1758])
USA-TXUnited States - Texas
 (Cresson, 1872 [as Chlorion caeruleum Drury, 1773 = Linnaeus, 1758])
WIIWest Indies
 (Hurd, 1952 [as Pepsis auripennis (De Geer, 1773)])

Literature

  • Ashmead, W.H. 1894. Notes on cotton insects found in Mississippi. Insect Life 7 (3):240-247.
  • Cameron, P. 1888. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Hymenoptera. (Fossores) Vol. II. :1-33.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Cresson, E.T. 1872. Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4:153-292.
  • Dahlbom, A.G. 1845. Hymenoptera Europaea Praecipue Borealia-per familias, genera, species et varietates disposita atque descripta. Sphex Linn. Fasciculus III.: Crabronidarum continuatio et finis, Supplementum I. 353-528.
  • Dalla Torre, C.G. 1897. Catalogus hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Volumen VIII: Fossores (Sphegidae). Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig. 1-749.
  • Day, M.C. 1979. The species of Hymenoptera described by Linnaeus in the genera Sphex, Chrysis, Vespa, Apis and Mutilla. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 12:45-84.
  • De Geer, C. 1773. . Pierre Hesselberg, Stockholm. 1-696, 44 pls.
  • Fernández, F., V. Castro, J. Rodríguez, C. Waichert & J.P. Pitts 2017. Avispas cazadoras de arañas de Colombia (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Proceditor Ltda., Bogotá, D. C., Colombia.
  • Fernández-C., F 2000. Nuevos registros de avispas Sphecidae y Pompilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Vespoidea) para Colombia. Caldasia 22 (1):142-145.
  • Hurd, P.D. Jr. 1952. Revision of the Nearctic species of the pompilid genus Pepsis (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). The American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin 98 (article 4):261-334.
  • Kirby, W.F. 1884. On the Hymenoptera collected during the recent expedition of H.M.S. 'Challenger.'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Ser. 5 (13):402-413.
  • Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A.L.M. 1845. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Suites à Buffon. Hyménoptères, III. Roret, Paris. 1-646.
  • Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima Reformata. :[4] + [5] + 823 + [1] p.
  • Lucas, R. 1895. Die Pompiliden-Gattung Pepsis. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 39 (4):449-840.
  • Mocsáry, A. 1885. Species novae vel minus cognitae generis Pepsis, Fabr. Termeszetrajzi Füzetek 9:236-271.
  • Patton, W. 1879. List of a Collection of Aculeate Hymenoptera made by Mr. S. W. Williston in Northwestern Kansas. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories / D 2 (V):349-370.
  • Perez-Gelabert, D.E. 2020. Checklist, bibliography and quantitative data of the arthropods of Hispaniola. Zootaxa 4749:1-668.
  • Smith, F. 1855. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part III, Mutillidae and Pompilidae. :203 pp, 5 pl.
  • Smith, F. 1856. Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Sphegidae, Larridae, and Crabronidae. London. 497 pp.
  • Vardy, C.R. 2005. The New World tarantula-hawk wasp genus Pepsis Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part 3. The P. inclyta- to P. auriguttata-groups. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79 (5):1-305.
  • Waichert, C., Rodriguez, J. & J.P. Pitts 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa 3353:1-47.