The type material of sphecidae described by Massimiliano Spinola in the Hymenoptera collection of the Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin

Putative type material of Bembix chlorotica, B. fischeri, B. lusca, B. undu lata, and Gastrosericus waltlii, all described by Spinola, was discovered i n the Hymenoptera collection of the Museum fur Naturkunde, Berlin. The poss ible type status of each specimen labeled as a Spinola type was analyzed. L ectotypes were designated for Bembix chlorotica and B. undulata. A paralect otype is determined for Bembix lusca, for which a lectotype has been design ated by de Beaumont (1952). The type status of certain specimens in the ZMB collection labeled as types is rejected: the males of B. chlorotica, a mal e of B. undulata, all available specimens of B. fischeri, and the male of G astrosericus waltlii.