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Species in the genus Acanthosphex: [ 2 ] records

dezwaani, Cocotropus Weber [M.] & de Beaufort [L. F.] 1915:275 [Fische aus dem Süsswasser von Nias; ref. 12414] Nias, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): ZMA 100169. Type catalog: Nijssen et al. 1982:81 [ref. 19236]. Originally as de Zwaani. •Synonym of Acanthosphex leurynnis (Jordan & Seale 1905) -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:405 [ref. 6387]). Current status: Synonym of Acanthosphex leurynnis (Jordan & Seale 1905). Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Habitat: marine.

leurynnis, Prosopodasys Jordan [D. S.] & Seale [A.] 1905:525, Fig. 5 [Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 29 (no. 1433); ref. 10646] Hong Kong. Holotype: USNM 52081. Paratypes: CAS-SU 24007 (1). Type catalog: Böhlke 1953:121 [ref. 12291]. •Valid as Acanthosphex leurynnis (Jordan & Seale 1905) -- (Poss & Eschmeyer 1978:405 [ref. 6387], Vidthayanon & Bettencourt 1988 [ref. 19208], Poss 1999:2357 [ref. 24796], Mandrytsa 2001:272 [ref. 25636], Johnson 2004:186 [ref. 27781], Allen et al. 2006:912 [ref. 29066], Imamura 2009:71 [ref. 30434], Allen & Erdmann 2012:251 [ref. 31980], Larson et al. 2013:86 [ref. 32988], Yoshida et al. 2013:82 [ref. 34464], Fricke et al. 2014:55 [ref. 33932], Motomura et al. 2017:69 [ref. 35490], Kwik & Lim 2020:22 [ref. 38869], Matsunuma in Motomura et al. 2021:18 [ref. 38121], Poss 2022:560 [ref. 39726], Allen & Erdmann 2024:268 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Acanthosphex leurynnis (Jordan & Seale 1905). Synanceiidae: Aploactininae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Sri Lanka and east coast of India east to southern China; southern Indonesia and New Guinea south to southern Australia; antiequatorial. IUCN (2018): Least Concern. Habitat: marine.