Abstract

Ten species in five genera of the digger wasps family Sphecidae are found in the Khingan Nature Reserve, of them six species are new for this restricted area. Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934 and Prionyx subfuscatus (Dahlbom, 1845) are reported from Amurskaya oblast for the first time and Podalonia hirsuta (Scopoli, 1763) is new for the fauna of Russian Far East. The genera Prionyx Vander Linden, 1827 and Sphex Linnaeus, 1758 are reported for Amurskaya oblast for the first time. The taxonomic composition of the fauna of Sphecidae is briefly discussed. Majority of species founded in the Khingan Reserve are Transpalaearctic.

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