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SPHECOS 30, June 1996 Ammophila wasp drawing

SCIENTIFIC NOTE

 

Digger Wasps (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) of Ukrainian Polesye
by
A.S. Voblenko
Nezhin Pedagogical Institute, Vozdvizhinskaia str. 3/4, Nezhin-2, Chernigov region, 251200, Ukraine.

V.A.Gorobchishin
Department of Zoology, Kiev Shevchenko's University, Vladimirskaya str. 64, Kiev, 252017, Ukraine.
and
M.A. Nesterov
Institute of Zoology of NAS of Ukraine, B. Khmelnitsky str. 15, Kiev-30, 252601, Ukraine.

Polesye occupies the northern part of the Ukraine. The area of this region is 113,500 sq. km, which is 19% of the total area of the country. Polesye is characterized by lowlands, wide and swampy river valleys, high levels of ground water and widely distributed pine forests in addition to some deciduous. The climate is continental-moderate, with warm and damp summers and mild winters.

We have investigated the digger wasps of this region for more than 15 years. At the present time the list of Sphecidae from the Ukrainian Polesye contains 192 species.

The material is stored in the collections of the Nezhin Pedagogical Institute, the Department of Zoology, Kiev Shevchenko's University and the Institute of Zoology of NAS of Ukraine.

Sceliphron destillatorium (Illiger)
Sphex rufocinctus Brullé
Prionyx nudatus (Kohl)
Podalonia affinis (Kirby)
Podalonia hirsuta (Scopoli)
Podalonia luffi (Saunders)
Podalonia tydei (Guillou)
Ammophila campestris Latreille
Ammophila pubescens Curtis
Ammophila sabulosa (L.)
Ammophila sareptana Kohl
Ammophila terminata Smith
Mimesa bicolor (Jurine)
Mimesa bruxellensis Bondroit
Mimesa caucasica Maidl
Mimesa equestris (F.)

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Diodontus luperus Shuckard
Diodontus medius (Dahlbom)
Diodontus minutus (F.)
Diodontus tristis (v.d. Linden)
Pemphredon austriaca (Kohl)
Pemphredon flavistigma Thomson
Pemphredon inornata Say
Pemphredon lethifer (Shuckard)
Pemphredon lugens Dahlbom
Pemphredon lugubris (F.)
Pemphredon montana Dahlbom
Pemphredon morio v.d. Linden
Pemphredon rugifera (Dahlbom)
Passaloecus corniger Shuckard
Passaloecus eremita Kohl
Passaloecus gracilis (Curtis)

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Tachysphex nitidior de Beaumont
Tachysphex nitidus (Spinola)
Tachysphex obcuripennis Schenck
Tachysphex pompiliformis (Panzer)
Tachysphex psammobius (Kohl)
Tachysphex unicolor (Panzer)
Palarus variegatus (F.)
Miscophus ater Lepeletier
Miscophus bicolor Jurine
Miscophus concolor Dahlbom
Miscophus spurius Dahlbom
Nitela borealis Valkeila
Nitela fallax Kohl
Trypoxylon attenuatum F.Smith
Trypoxylon clavicerum Lepeletier & Serville
Trypoxylon deceptorium Antropov

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Oxybelus variegatus Wesmael
Oxybelus victor Lepeletier
Entomognathus brevis (v.d. Linden)
Lindenius albilabris (F.)
Lindenius panzeri (v.d. Linden)
Lindenius pygmaeus armatus (v.d. Linden)
Rhopalum clavipes (L.)
Rhopalum coarctatum (Scopoli)
Crossocerus annulipes (Lepeletier & Brullé)
Crossocerus assimilis (Smith)
Crossocerus capitosus Shuckard
Crossocerus cetratus (Shuckard)
Crossocerus congener (Dahlbom)
Crossocerus dimidiatus (F.)
Crossocerum distinguendus (A. Morawitz)
Crossocerus elongatulus (v.d. Linden)

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Lestica clypeata (Schreber)
Lestica subterranea (F.)
Ectemnius cavifrons (Thomson)
Ectemnius cephalotes (Oliver)
Ectemnius continuus (F.)
Ectemnius dives (Lepeletier & Brullé)
Ectemnius fossorius (L.)
Ectemnius guttatus (v.d. Linden)
Ectemnius lapidarius (Panzer)
Ectemnius meridionalis (A.Costa)
Ectemnius rubicola (Dufour & Perris)
Ectemnius ruficornis (Zett.)
Ectemnius rugifer (Dahlbom)
Ectemnius sexcinctus (F.)
Ectemnius spinipes (A. Morawitz)
Mellinus arvensis (L.)

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Harpactus lunatus (Dahlbom)
Harpactus moravicus (Snoflak)
Harpactus tumidus (Panzer)
Gorytes albidulus (Lepeletier)
Gorytes fallax Handlirsch
Gorytes laticinctus (Lepeletier)
Gorytes procrustes Handlirsch
Gorytes quadrifasciatus (Panzer)
Gorytes quinquecinctus (F.)
Gorytes quinquefasciatus (Panzer)
Lestiphorus bicinctus (Rossi)
Bembecinus tridens (F.)
Bembex rostrata (L.)
Philantus coronatus (Thunberg)
Philanthus triangulum (F.)
Philanthus venustus (Rossi)
Mimesa lutaria (F.)
Mimesa nigrita Eversmann
Mimesa vindobonesis Maidl
Mimumesa atratina (F. Morawitz)
Mimumesa beaumonti (van Lith)
Mimumesa dahlbomi (Wesmael)
Mimumesa littoralis (Bondroit)
Mimumesa spooneri (Richards)
Mimumesa unicolor (v.d. Linden)
Psen ater (Oliver)
Psenulus concolor (Dahlbom)
Psenulus fuscipennis (Dahlbom)
Psenulus laevigatus (Schenk)
Psenulus meridionalis de Beaumont.
Psenulus pallipes (Panzer)
Psenulus schencki (Tournier)

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Passaloecus insignis (v.d. Linden)
Passaloecus monilicornis Dahlbom
Passaloecus singularis Dahlbom
Stigmus pendulus Panzer
Stigmus solskyi A.Morawitz
Spilomena troglodytes (v.d. Linden)
Ammoplanus hofferi Snoflak
Astata boops (Schrank)
Astata minor Kohl
Dryudella pinguis (Dahlbom)
Dryudella stigma (Panzer)
Dryudella tricolor (v.d. Linden)
Dinetus pictus (F.)
Tachytes panzeri Dufour
Tachysphex coriaceus (A.Costa)
Tachysphex helveticus Kohl

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Trypoxylon figulus (L.)
Trypoxylon fronticorne Gussakovskij
Trypoxylon kolazyi Kohl
Trypoxylon medium de Beaumont
Trypoxylon minus de Beaumont
Oxybelus argentatus Curtis
Oxybelus bipunctatus Oliver
Oxybelus latro Oliver
Oxybelus lineatus (F.)
Oxybelus maculipes F.Smith
Oxybelus mandibularis Dahlbom
Oxybelus mucronatus (F.)
Oxybelus quattuordecimnotatus Jurine
Oxybelus subspinosus Klug
Oxybelus trispinosus (F.)
Oxybelus uniglumis (L.)

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Crossocerus exiguus (v.d. Linden)
Crossocerus megacephalus (Rossi)
Crossocerus nigritus (Lepeletier & Brullé)
Crossocerus ovalis Lepeletier & Brullé
Crossocerus podagricus (v.d. Linden)
Crossocerus pusillus (Lepeletier & Brullé)
Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (F.)
Crossocerus tarsatus (Shuckard)
Crossocerus vagabundus (Panzer)
Crossocerus walkeri (Shuckard)
Crossocerus wesmaeli (v.d. Linden)
Crabro cribrarius (L.)
Crabro maeklini A. Morawitz
Crabro peltarius (Schreber)
Crabro scutellatus (Scheven)
Lestica alata (Panzer)

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Mellinus crabroneus (Thunberg)
Alysson jaroslavensis Kokujev
Alysson spinosus (Panzer)
Didineis clavimana (Gussakovskij)
Didineis wuestneii Handlirsch
Nysson dimidiatus Jurine
Nysson interruptus (F.)
Nysson maculosus (Gmelin)
Nysson spinosus (J. Forster)
Nysson quadriguttatus Gerst
Nysson trimaculatus (Rossi)
Brachystegus scalaris (Illiger)
Argogorytes fargei (Shuckard)
Argogorytes mystaceus (L.)
Harpactus elegans (Lepeletier)
Harpactus laevis (Latreille)

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Cerceris albofasciata (Rossi)
Cerceris angustirostris Shestakov
Cerceris arenaria (L.)
Cerceris eryngii Marquet
Cerceris flavescens Schletterer
Cerceris flavilabris (F.)
Cerceris hortivaga Kohl
Cerceris interupta (Panzer)
Cerceris quadricincta (Panzer)
Cerceris quadrifasciata (Panzer)
Cerceris quinquefasciata (Rossi)
Cerceris rubida (Jurine)
Cerceris ruficornis (F.)
Cerceris rybyensis (L.)
Cerceris sabulosa (Panzer)
Cerceris somotorensis Balthasar


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