Sphecodes abessinicus

Friese 1915

Taxon referenced in page Sphecodes ouest-paléarctiques
Author(s) : Alain Pauly
Sphecodes abessinicus Friese
Ethiopia.
Sphecodes abessinicus Friese, 1915: 277, male holotype (ZMHB) Ethiopia; Blüthgen 1924: 482–483; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 19.
Sphecodes kristenseni Meyer, 1919: 210, 218–219 [unnecessary replacement name for Sphecodes abessinicus Friese, 1915, not Sphecodes hispanicus var. abyssinicus Sichel, 1865]; Blüthgen 1924: 482–483; Blüthgen 1928b: 232, 245; Pauly 1999a: 168, 174.

Holotype mâle: Abessinien, Harar, 11, leg. Kristensen, MNHUB, illustré ici.

Longueur: 6mm. Noir.

This is not an homonym of S. abyssinicus Sichel 1865. It differs by one letter as londonensis differs from londinensis (see code of nomenclature). Friese construct his name on German "Abessinien" and Sichel on French "Abyssinie".

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