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Issue: Vol. 5715 No. 1: 28 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.27
Page range: 291-299
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Taxonomic notes on two species of Pseudoscolia (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Philanthinae) described by O. Radoszkowski

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
Nakhchivan State University; University Campus; AZ 7012 Nakhchivan; Azerbaijan
Hymenoptera digger wasps Azerbaijan Kyzylkum lectotype new synonymy

Abstract

The type series of Pseudoscolia maculata Radoszkowski, 1876 consists of two species. The female from Kyzylkum (Kazakhstan) in the Berlin Museum is designated as the lectotype. The male described from Caucasus (type lost) is Pseudoscolia ferruginea Radoszkowski, 1880. Pseudoscolia clavata Kazenas, 1994, syn. nov. is newly synonymized with Pseudoscolia maculata Radoszkowski, 1876.

 

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How to Cite

Mokrousov, M.V., Proshchalykin, M.Y. & Maharramov, M.M. (2025) Taxonomic notes on two species of Pseudoscolia (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Philanthinae) described by O. Radoszkowski. Zootaxa, 5715 (1), 291–299. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.27