TO THE TAXONOMY OF HARPACTUS VEDICUS NESTEROV, 1994 (HYMENOPTERA, CRABRONIDAE, BEMBICINAE) Author Mokrousov, M. V. Author Proshchalykin, M. Yu. Author Maharramov, M. M. text Far Eastern Entomologist 2024 2024-04-30 499 19 24 http://dx.doi.org/10.25221/fee.499.2 journal article 10.25221/fee.499.2 2713-2196 10928362 21FC2C92-6AC0-45E9-B672-79A0F82E1425 Harpactus vedicus Nesterov, 1994 , stat. resurr. Figs 1 , 3–5 Harpactus vedicus Nesterov, 1994: 35 , , ( holotype : , Armenia , Khozrov Nature Reserve, Vedic section, 1300 m , 6. VI .1982 , M. Nesterov leg. [I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine , Kiev ]), not examined. Synonymized with Harpactus elegans ( Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1832 ) by Nemkov, 1997: 19 . Harpactus transcaucasicus Nemkov, 1994: 69 , , ( holotype , : Azerbaijan , Nakhichevan ASSR , 35 km north of Nakhichevan , 20. VI .1985 , V . Tobias leg. [ ZISP ]), examined. Syn. n. ; Nemkov, 1996: 1208 ; Yildirim et al ., 2016: 16 ; Mokrousov et al ., 2019: 12 ; Kaplan & Yildirim 2021: 35 ; 2023: 1681 . MATERIAL EXAMINED. Type material : Azerbaijan : Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic : 35 km north of Nakhichevan , 20. VI 1985 , 2 ♀ , 12 ♂ , V . Tobias ( holotype and paratypes of Harpactus transcaucasicus Nemkov, 1994 ). Other material : Azerbaijan , Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic : Babek , 3 km NE Sirab , 39°18'N 45°32'E , 1250 m , 12. VI 2019 , 1 ♀ ; Babek , Goynuk , 39°18'N 45°40'E , 1680 m , 12. VI 2019 , 13 ♀ , 15 ♂ ; Shakhbuz , Zarnatun , 39°31'N 45°46'E , 1550 m , 14, 18. VI 2019 , 4 ♀ , 33 ♂ ; Julfa , Gazanchi , 39°13'N 45°41'E , 1300 m , 15. VI 2019 , 2 ♂ ; Julfa , Milakh , 39°15'N 45°43'E , 1430 m , 15. VI 2019 , 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; Julfa , Teyvaz , 39°15'N 45°46'E , 1645 m , 15. VI 2019 , 2 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; Ordubad , Aghdara , 39°06'N 45°54'E , 2000 m , 17. VI 2019 , 1 ♂ ; Shakhbuz , Gomur , 39°27'N 45°44'E , 1790 m , 18. VI 2019 , 1 ♀ ; Shakhbuz , Kechili , 39°22'N 45°43'E , 1800 m , 19. VI 2019 , 1 ♀ ; Shakhbuz , Kulus , 39°21'N 45°37'E , 1395 m , 14, 19, 26. VI 2020 , 6 ♀ , 4 ♂ ; 27. VI 2021 , 3 ♀ ; 4.VII 2021 , 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ ; Shakhbuz , Kechili , 39°22'N 45°43'E , 1800 m , 12.VII 2022 , 6 ♂ . NOTE . Paratypes of Harpactus vedicus Nesterov, 1994 9 ♀ , 90 ♂ , Armenia , Khozrov Nature Reserve and 1 ♀ , 1 ♂ , Azerbaijan , Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic , Bilav could not be found in the ZISP collection, although according to Nesterov (1994: 35) some of them should be kept there. DISTRIBUTION. Armenia , Azerbaijan , Turkey .