Type specimens of Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg Author Danilov, Yuriy N. text Zootaxa 2016 4136 2 335 359 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4136.2.5 7e0b5171-325b-4845-bfa9-719786340369 1175-5326 261605 C515E26F-F21E-4CEB-BF9D-5D5F74D3ADFA Ammophila afrodite Menke, 1964 A valid species, Ammophila aphrodite Menke, 1964 ( Pulawski 2015 ) . Types . Ammophila afrodite Menke, 1964 : 8 , ♀, Ƌ. Paratype , ♀ " 8 mi . W Blythe Cal. Riverside Co. IV-9 1962 // R. M. Bohart Collector // Ammophila aphrodite A. S. Menke ". Paratype , Ƌ "Borrego Viy. San Diego Co. Calif. IV-11- 1962 // R. M. Bohart Collector // Ammophila aphrodite A. S. Menke ". Type locality. USA : California. Discussion. The holotype is preserved in UCD according to Pulawski 2015 , whereas ZISP has two paratypes