Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968

Fateryga, Alexander V., 2025, Type specimens of the pollen wasps (Hymenoptera, Vespidae: Masarinae) deposited in the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Zoological Museum of the M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Zootaxa 5632 (2), pp. 201-242 : 210

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5632.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8ADCFE6C-949C-407A-9624-1D15CEF3D35A
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039387DA-FFE5-B261-FF48-70919369393D
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Celonites laetus Panfilov
status	syn. nov.

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Celonites laetus Panfilov View in CoL

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Celonites laetus Panfilov, 1968: 40 View in CoL , fig. 3, ♀ (type locality: “ Нахичевань, окрестности Джульфы, пустынные предгорьЯ” [ Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan, vicinity of Julfa, desert foothills]).

Type material. HOLOTYPE: ♀, labeled “ Нахичевань [Nakhchivan] 3. VI.62 / ОКр. ДжУЛьфы / Д. ПанфиЛОв [vicinity of Julfa, D. Panfilov] // МОсКва / ЗООЛОГичесКий / МУЗей МГУ [Moscow, Zoological Museum MSU] // Holotypus ♀ 1968 / Celonites / laetus Panf. [red label]” [ ZMMU].

Current status. Valid ( Carpenter 2001). Senior synonym of Celonites phlomis Gusenleitner, 1973 View in CoL , syn. nov.

Remarks. Photographs of the holotype of C. phlomis ( ZOBODAT 2025a) , described from Turkey, were examined along with its original description ( Gusenleitner 1973); it perfectly fits the holotype of C. laetus .