Subspecies
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Synonyms
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Clytanthus cinereus (Castelnau et Gory, 1836)
Pseudosphegesthes cinerea (Castelnau et Gory, 1836)
Pseudosphegesthes cinereus (Castelnau et Gory, 1836)
Note: the grammatical gender of the genus name is debated. Some authors
regard it as masculine, but this is incorrect. The name comprises the
classical greek "σφηξ" (sphex) meaning "wasp", and "εςθής" (esthis)
meaning "dress, gown" (i.e. "the wasp-dress", referring to the wasp
mimikry of the original genus Sphegesthes (now a synonym of Clytus)). The classical greek word εςθής has
feminine gender, and thus the genus name Pseudosphegesthes is feminine
as well. The erroneous notion that the genus name is masculine may trace
from the fact that Reitter (1912)
when he established the name Pseudosphegesthes has used the species
epithet "cinereus". However, this is because he coined Pseudosphegesthes
only as a subgenus of Clytanthus, and therefore the species epithet
agrees in gender with Clytanthus, not with Pseudosphegesthes.
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Identification
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Distribution
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The
distribution of this species is incompletely known. It is recorded from
France, Spain, and Italy. Its occurrence in Germany is doubtful, only Reitter (1912) mentions the species from "Nassau" which at the time comprised parts of Hessen, Thüringen and Rheinland-Pfalz.
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Biology
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