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Issue: Vol. 5715 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.26
Page range: 280-290
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The widely distributed Asiatic digger wasp, Cerceris storozhenkoi sp. nov., is a distinct species from the Western Palaearctic C. hortivaga Kohl, 1880 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Institute of Biology and Biomedicine at Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod; Nizhny Novgorod; 603950; Russia
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity; Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences; Vladivostok- 22; 690022; Russia
Hymenoptera taxonomy new species Spheciformes Philanthinae

Abstract

Based on morphological differences and geographical isolation, the species Cerceris hortivaga Kohl, 1880 has been split into two: the Western Palaearctic C. hortivaga and the Eastern Palaearctic C. storozhenkoi Mokrousov & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. C. hortivaga is newly recorded from Russia and Moldova.

 

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How to Cite

Mokrousov, M.V. & Proshchalykin, M.Y. (2025) The widely distributed Asiatic digger wasp, Cerceris storozhenkoi sp. nov., is a distinct species from the Western Palaearctic C. hortivaga Kohl, 1880 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae). Zootaxa, 5715 (1), 280–290. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.26