Species Agenioideus nigricornis (Fabricius, 1775)

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• Sphex nigricornis Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [351].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH ♀, Australia (as nova Hollandia).
• Pompilus diversus Smith, F. 1868. Descriptions of aculeate Hymenoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1868: 231-258 [Date published 31/12/1868] [243] [junior homonym; preoccupied Dahlbom, 1845:446; synonymy by Turner, 1910:330].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH ♀, NSW or QLD, Sydney or Moreton Bay.
• Pompilus bos Dalla Torre, C.G. de 1897. Catalogus Hymenopterorum Hucusquea Descriptorum Systematicus et Synonymicus. Fossores (Sphegidae). Leipzig : G. Engelmann Vol. 8 viii 749 pp. [277] [replacement name; for Pompilus diversus Smith, 1868; synonymy by Turner, 1910:330].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Turner, R.E. 1910. Additions to our knowledge of the fossorial Hymenoptera of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 253–356

Generic Combinations

• Agenioideus nigricornis (Fabricius, 1775). —
  Evans, H.E., Evans, M.A. & Hook, A. 1981. Observations on the prey and nests of some Australian spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 8(1): 9–12 [11] (new combination, prey)
• Anoplius nigricornis (Fabricius, 1775). —
  Turner, R.E. 1910. Additions to our knowledge of the fossorial Hymenoptera of Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1910: 253–356 [330] (new combination, description)
• Pompilus nigricornis (Fabricius, 1775). —
  Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [251] (new combination, description (in Latin), distribution)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Prey records: Steatoda femorale (Thorell) (Theridiidae)

General References

Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species Insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosis adiectis observationibus, desciptionibus. Hamburgi: Kilonii, C.E. Bohnii iii–viii 552 pp. [449] (Sphex nigricornis: description (in Latin), distribution)

Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 2 viii 519 pp. [214] (Sphex nigricornis: description (in Latin), distribution)

Fabricius, J.C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum : Secundum; Ordines, Genera, Species, Adjectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard xiv 439 pp. [195] (Pompilus nigricornis: description (in Latin), distribution)

Froggatt, W.W. 1892. Catalogue of the described Hymenoptera of Australia. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7: 205-248 [Date published 31/12/1892] [212] (Pompilus diversus: catalogue)

Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Linné, editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Regnum Animalium. Leipzig (Lipsiae) : G.E. Beer Vol. 1(5) 2225-3020 pp. [2731] (Sphex nigricornis: description (in Latin), distribution)

Krogmann, L. & Austin, A.D. 2012. Systematics of Australian Agenioideus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the first record of a spider wasp parasitizing Latrodectus hasselti Thorell (redback spider). Australian Journal of Entomology 51: 166-174 [169]

Zimsen, E. 1964. The Type Material of I.C. Fabricius. Copenhagen : Munksgaard 656 pp. [387] (Sphex nigricornis: note on type)

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