Valery Loktionov

Laboratory of Entomology
Senior Researcher
Candidate of biological sciences(Ph.D.)

Research interests: The fauna, taxonomy and systematic of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae)

Selected publications


2025 - Far Eastern entomologist Sergey Yu. Storozhenko: almost 50 years of his scientific work in insects Gorochov A.V., Lelej A.S., Proshchalykin M.Yu., Loktionov V.M., Kuprin A.V. Zootaxa Year: 2025 Volume: 5715 Number: 1 Pages: 8-33 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.4
2025 - Two new species of the spider wasps genus Morochares Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2025 Volume: 5715 Number: 1 Pages: 244-250 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5715.1.22
2025 - The first record of the arid genus Suarius Navás (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) from Russia Makarkin V.N., Shchurov V.I., Solodovnikov A.U., Ruchin A.B., Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2025 Issue: 531 Pages: 23-32 DOI: 10.25221/fee.531.2
2025 - Microplastic accumulation in terrestrial insects on the example of social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) Lee M., Simakova A.V., Bagirov R.T-o., Babkina I.B., Frank Yu.A., Shorenko K.I., Loktionov V.M., Maslakov G.P. Евразиатский энтомологический журнал Year: 2025 Volume: 24 Number: 2 Pages: 80-89 DOI: 10.15298/euroasentj.24.02.05
2024 - Review of the genus Pamirospila Wolf, 1970 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), with description of a new species Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2024 Volume: 5481 Number: 5 Pages: 573-581 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5481.5.6
2024 - New data on spider wasps of the subgenus Ammosphex Wilcke, 1942 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae, Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900) from Western Siberia, Russia Loktionov V.M., Proshchalykin M.Yu. Zootaxa Year: 2024 Volume: 5453 Number: 1 Pages: 113-120 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5453.1.6
2024 - Celebration time: here’s to 500 numbers of Far Eastern Entomologist! Storozhenko S.Yu., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M., Shabalin S.A., Proshchalykin M.Yu. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2024 Number: 500 Pages: 13-20 DOI: 10.25221/fee.500.2
2023 - Geographical distribution of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the world Loktionov V.M. Russian Entomological Journal Year: 2023 Volume: 32 Issue: 4 Pages: 394-402 DOI: 10.15298/rusentj.32.4.05
2023 - Discovery of a new extinct spider wasp (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Eocene Rovno amber Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S., Vasilenko D.V., Perkovsky E.E. Zootaxa Year: 2023 Volume: 5352 Number: 3 Pages: 426-432 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5352.3.6
2022 - Spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) of the Republic of Khakassia, Eastern Siberia, Russia Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2022 Volume: 5196 Number: 4 Pages: 535-554 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5196.4.4
2022 - Discovery of the genus Nanoclavelia Haupt in Priesner, 1955 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Russia Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2022 Number: 463 Pages: 12-16 DOI: 10.25221/fee.463.3
2022 - Description of the hitherto unknown female of Priocnemis sugonjaevi Lelej et Loktionov, 2015 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) Loktionov V.M., Kochetkov D.N. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2022 Number: 458 Pages: 13-17 DOI: 10.25221/fee.458.2
2022 - The type material of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) deposited in the Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2022 Volume: 5120 Number: 2 Pages: 151-197 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5120.2.1
2021 - REVIEW OF THE GENUS ARACHNOSPILA KINCAID, 1900 (HYMENOPTERA, POMPILIDAE) OF BELARUS Shlyakhtenok A.S., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Euroasian Entomological Journal Year: 2021 Volume: 20 Number: 5 Pages: 272-287 DOI: 10.15298/euroasentj.20.5.06 IN RUSSIAN
2021 - An extraordinary new species of Deuteragenia Šustera, 1912 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Indonesia Loktionov V.M. Journal of Hymenoptera Research Year: 2021 Number: 84 Pages: 127–135 DOI: 10.3897/jhr.84.64682
2021 - A review of the spider wasp genus Austrosalius Turner, 1917 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae), with the description of a new species Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2021 Volume: 5006 Number: 1 Pages: 121-126 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5006.1.16
2021 - Discovery of the spider wasp genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) in Laos, with the description of three new species Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2021 Volume: 4966 Number: 2 Pages: 226-236 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.2.9
2020 - The Structure of Aristolochia tomentosa (Aristolochiaceae) Reproductive Organs Nakonechnaya O.V., Belova G.V., Gorpenchenko T.Y., Kazarin V.M., Loktionov V.M. Biology Bulletin Year: 2020 Volume: 47 Number: 6 Pages: 585-592 DOI: 10.1134/S1062359020050088
2020 - Discovery of the genus Stigmatodipogon Ishikawa (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Dipogon Fox) in the Philippines, with description of a new species Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2020 Number: 414 Pages: 11-15 DOI: 10.25221/fee.414.2
2020 - TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE JOURNAL “FAR EASTERN ENTOMOLOGIST” Storozhenko S.Yu., Lelej A.S., Proshchalykin M.YU., Loktionov V.M., Shabalin S.A. A.I.Kurentsov memorial lectures Year: 2020 Issue: 31 Pages: 211-217 DOI: 10.25221/kurentzov.31.18 IN RUSSIAN
2020 - The spider wasp genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) in Malaysia, with the description of four new species Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2020 Volume: 4768 Number: 4 Pages: 538–550 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4768.4.5
2020 - New remarkable species of the subgenus Stigmatodipogon Ishikawa, 1965 of the genus Dipogon Fox, 1897 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Thailand and India Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2020 Volume: 4755 Number: 2 Pages: 294–300 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.5
2020 - First record of the genus Nipponodipogon Ishikawa, 1965 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from India with description of a new species Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2020 Number: 398 Pages: 1-7 DOI: 10.25221/fee.398.1
2019 - The spider wasp genus Telostholus Haupt, 1929 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) in Indonesia, with the description of three new species Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Zootaxa Year: 2019 Volume: 4648 Number: 2 Pages: 260–272 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4648.2.3
2019 - REVIEW OF THE GENUS EVAGETES LEPELETIER, 1845 (HYMENOPTERA, POMPILIDAE) OF BELARUS Shlyakhtenok A.S., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Euroasian Entomological Journal Year: 2019 Volume: 18 Number: 2 Pages: 113-124 DOI: 10.15298/euroasentj.18.2.06 IN RUSSIAN
2019 - Contribution to the knowledge of the subgenus Stigmatodipogon Ishikawa, 1965 of the genus Dipogon Fox, 1897 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Zootaxa Year: 2019 Volume: 4613 Number: 2 Pages: 363-368 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.2.9
2019 - Discovery of the genus Kudakrumia Krombein, 1979 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in India and description of a new species Kumar G.P., Lelej A.S., Das D., Raveendran H.K.P., Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2019 Volume: 4612 Number: 6 Pages: 260-266 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.2.8
2019 - New and little known species of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from the Russian Far East Kochetkov D.N., Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2019 Number: 382 Pages: 1-9 DOI: 10.25221/fee.382.1
2019 - A new genus of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from China Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S., Liu J.-X. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2019 Number: 376 Pages: 1-14 DOI: 10.25221/fee.376.1
2018 - Revision of the subgenus Stigmatodipogon Ishikawa of the genus Dipogon Fox (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) Shimizu A., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M., Nishimoto Y., Endo T. Zootaxa Year: 2018 Volume: 4514 Number: 1 Pages: 1-22 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.1
2018 - A contribution to the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Hong Kong Barthélémy C., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2018 Volume: 4514 Number: 2 Pages: 230-242 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.6
2018 - Contribution to the knowledge on the spider wasps genus Morochares Banks, 1934 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from China Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S., Liu J.-X. Zootaxa Year: 2018 Volume: 4462 Number: 4 Pages: 497-510 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4462.4.3
2018 - To the knowledge of genus Nipponodipogon Ishikawa, 1965 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae, Pepsinae) from Laos Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2018 Number: 362 Pages: 1-7 DOI: 10.25221/fee.363.1
2018 - Discovery of the spider wasp genus Sphictostethus Kohl, 1884 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) in New Guinea, with description of two new species Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Zootaxa Year: 2018 Volume: 4429 Number: 2 Pages: 295-302 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4429.2.5
2018 - Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Eopompilus Gussakovskij, 1932 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) Wahis R., Lele A.S., Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2018 Number: 361 Pages: 1-11 DOI: 10.25221/fee.361.1
2017 - Family Pompilidae - Spider wasps Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Volume I. Symphyta and Apocrita: Aculeata // Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Spl.6 Year: 2017 Pages: 160-174
2017 - Family Dryinidae Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Volume I. Symphyta and Apocrita: Aculeata // Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, Spl.6 Year: 2017 Pages: 118-121
2017 - New records of the velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Russia Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M., Mokrousov M.V., Savranskaya Zh.V. Труды Русского энтомологического общества Year: 2017 Volume: 88 Number: 2 Pages: 27-37 DOI: 10.47640/1605-7678_2017_88_2_27
2017 - New records of Chrysididae (Hymenoptera) from Russia with description of five new species Rosa P., Lelej A.S., Proshchalykin M.Yu., Loktionov V.M., Mokrousov M.V. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2017 Number: 345 Pages: 1-33 DOI: 10.25221/fee.345.1
2017 - Contribution to the Siberian Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). Part 2. Rosa P., Proshchalykin M.Yu., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2017 Number: 342 Pages: 1-42 DOI: 10.25221/fee.342.1
2017 - Contribution to the Siberian Chrysididae (Hymenoptera). Part 1. Rosa P., Proshchalykin M.Yu., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2017 Number: 341 Pages: 1-44 DOI: 10.25221/fee.341.1
2017 - Discovery of the genus Nipponodipogon Ishikawa in the Oriental region, with description of two new species from China (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S., Xu Z.-f. ZooKeys Year: 2017 Number: 692 Pages: 103-127 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.692.12062
2017 - A REVIEW OF THE GENUS PRIOCNEMIS SCHIШDTE, 1837 (HYMENOPTERA, POMPILIDAE) IN BELARUS Shlyakhtenok A.S., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Euroasian Entomological Journal Year: 2017 Volume: 16 Number: 1 Pages: 25-41 IN RUSSIAN
2017 - An annotated catalogue of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia.- (Zootaxa, №4280(1)) Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Year: 2017 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4280.1.1
2017 - Review of the genus Eopompilus Gussakovskij, 1932 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the description of new species from China Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S., Xu Z.-F. Zootaxa Year: 2017 Volume: 4277 Number: 3 Pages: 413-426 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4277.3.6
2017 - Review of the Priocnemis hyalinata species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of a new species from China Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S., Xu Z.-f. Zootaxa Year: 2017 Volume: 4254 Number: 5 Pages: 551–562 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.5.4
2017 - Review of the genus Zeugomutilla Chen, 1957 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Mutillini), with description of two new species Lelej A.S., Williams K.A., Loktionov V.M., Pang H., Xu Z. Zootaxa Year: 2017 Volume: 4247 Number: 1 Pages: 1-15 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.1.1
2016 - Review of the genus Promecidia Lelej, 1996, with description of two new species from China (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Trogaspidiini) Lelej A.S., Zhou H-t., Loktionov V.M., Xu Z.-f. ZooKeys Year: 2016 Number: 641 Pages: 103-120 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.641.10765
2016 - ABOUT THE SPIDER WASPS FAUNA (HYMENOPTERA: POMPILIDAE) OF BYELORUSSIA Shlyakhtenok A.S., Loktionov V.M. Euroasian Entomological Journal Year: 2016 Volume: 15 Supplement: 1 Pages: 182-187 IN RUSSIAN
2016 - The types of Pompilidae (Hymenoptera), described by Eduard Eversmann in the Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M., Rosa P. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2016 Number: 319 Pages: 1-14
2016 - Review of the genus Stigmaporus S. Zonstein, 2001 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of new species Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S., Mokrousov M.V. Zootaxa Year: 2016 Volume: 4126 Number: 1 Pages: 107-114 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4126.1.5
2015 - Keys to genera of the spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia and neighbouring countries, with check-list of genera Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Zootaxa Year: 2015 Volume: 4034 Number: 1 Pages: 087-111
2015 - A NEW SPECIES OF SPIDER WASPS OF THE GENUS PRIOCNEMIS SCHIØDTE, 1837 (HYMENOPTERA, POMPILIDAE) FROM THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST] Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M., Kochetkov D.N. Entomologicheskoe obozrenie Year: 2015 Volume: 94 Number: 2 Pages: 428-430 IN RUSSIAN
2015 - Revision of the Palaearctic brood parasitic genus Nipponodipogon Ishikawa, 1965 of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Pepsinae) Shimizu A., Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2015 Volume: 3948 Number: 3 Pages: 497-520
2015 - New and little-known species of Arachnospila (subgenus Ammosphex) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from East Siberia Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Zootaxa Year: 2015 Volume: 3911 Number: 2 Pages: 218-230
2014 - Spider wasps of Yakutia (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2014 Number: 276 Pages: 13-16
2012 - Phylogeny and classification of the tribe Deuterageniini (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae: Pepsinae) Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2012 Number: 254 Pages: 1-15
2012 - New distributional data on the spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from the Russian Far East Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2012 Number: 244 Pages: 10–12
2012 - Taxonomic notes on three species of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Russian Far East Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2012 Number: 243 Pages: 10–14
2011 - Review of the subgenus Ammosphex Wilcke, 1942 of the genus Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian Far East and East Siberia Loktionov V.M., Lelej A.S. Zootaxa Year: 2011 Volume: 3137 Pages: 1-30
2011 - Review of the nominotypical subgenus of Arachnospila Kincaid (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia and neighbouring countries with the lectotypification of enigmatic Pompilus sogdianus Morawitz and description of new species Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2011 Volume: 2882 Pages: 1-18
2010 - Taxonomic notes on the species of genus Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2010 Number: 217 Pages: 1-8
2010 - Anoplius eous Yasumatsu, 1936 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) is newly recorded from Russia Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2010 Number: 211 Pages: 11-12
2009 - Review of the Evagetes crassicornis species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of new species Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Zootaxa Year: 2009 Volume: 2230 Pages: 42-50
2008 - A review of the genus Poecilagenia Haupt, 1927 (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) of the Russia with the world catalogue of the species Lelej A.S., Loktionov V.M. Far Eastern Entomologist Year: 2008 Number: 190 Pages: 1-16