The widely distributed Asiatic digger wasp, Cerceris storozhenkoi sp. nov., is a distinct species from the Western Palaearctic C. hortivaga Kohl, 1880 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)

Mokrousov M.V., Proshchalykin M.Yu.

Zootaxa 2025; 5715(1): 280-290

Based on morphological differences and geographical isolation, the species Cerceris hortivaga Kohl, 1880 has been split into two: the Western Palaearctic C. hortivaga and the Eastern Palaearctic C. storozhenkoi Mokrousov & Proshchalykin, sp. nov. C. hortivaga is newly recorded from Russia and Moldova.

DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.26

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