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Liacos Guerin-Meneville 1838

  • 1. School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia.
  • 2. Sai Kung, Hong Kong.

Description

Genus Liacos Guérin- Méneville, 1838

Scolia (Liacos) Guérin-Méneville, 1838: 246 (type species Scolia (Liacos) dimidiata Guérin-Méneville, 1838, by monotypy [= Liacos analis (Fabricius, 1804)]).

Liacos (Triliacos) de Saussure & Sichel, 1864: 33 (type species Scolia analis Fabricius, 1804, by effective original designation [see below]).

Tetrascolia Ashmead, 1903: 8 (type species Campsomeris urvillii Lepeletier, 1845, by original designation [= Liacos analis (Fabricius, 1804)].

Notes

De Saussure & Sichel (1864) established Triliacos as a subgenus of Liacos including three species, without explicitly citing a type species. However, they did note that Triliacos represented “ Liacos proprie dicta” and included the type species of Liacos therein (as a synonym of L. analis). Triliacos may therefore be regarded as a nomen novum for Liacos, meaning that it automatically has the same type species (ICZN Art. 67.8). Betrem (1928) thought a type species had not been established for Triliacos but also designated Scolia dimidiata. Argaman’s (1996) designation of Scolia erythrosoma Burmeister, 1854 as type species of Triliacos seems unwarranted.

Notes

Published as part of Taylor, Christopher & Barthélémy, Christophe, 2021, A review of the digger wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Scoliidae) of Hong Kong, with description of one new species and a key to known species, pp. 1-92 in European Journal of Taxonomy 786 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.786.1607, http://zenodo.org/record/5817778

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Scoliidae
Genus
Liacos
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Guerin-Meneville
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Liacos Guerin-Meneville, 1838 sec. Taylor & Barthélémy, 2021

References

  • Guerin-Meneville F. C. 1838. Crustaces, arachnides et insectes. In: Duperrey L. I. (ed.) Voyage Autour du Monde, Execute par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majeste, La Coquille, Pendant les Annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie. Vol. 2 pt 2: premiere division. Arthur Bertrand, Paris. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 57936
  • Fabricius J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum: Ordines, Genera, Species; Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus. C. Reichard, Brunswick [Brunsvigae]. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 10490
  • de Saussure H. L. F. & Sichel J. 1864. Catalogue des Especes de l'Ancien Genre Scolia, Contenant les Diagnoses, les Descriptions et la Synonymie des Especes, avec des Remarques Explicatives et Critiques. Henri George & V. Masson et Fils, Geneve & Paris. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9323
  • Ashmead W. H. 1903. Classification of the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea (paper no. 11). Canadian Entomologist 35: 3 - 8. https: // doi. org / 10.4039 / Ent 353 - 1
  • Lepeletier A. 1845. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Hymenopteres. Vol. 3. Roret, Paris. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 9005
  • Betrem J. G. 1928. Monographie der Indo-Australischen Scoliiden (Hym. Acul.) mit zoogeographischen Betrachtungen. Treubia 9 (supplement): 1 - 388.
  • Argaman Q. 1996. Generic synopsis of Scoliidae (Hymenoptera, Scolioidea). Annales Historico- Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 88: 171 - 222.
  • Burmeister H. 1854. Bemerkungen uber den allgemeinen Bau und die Geschlechtsunterschiede bei den Arten der Gattung Scolia Fabr. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle 1 (4): 1 - 46, 1 pl.