Un listado de la familia Bembicidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) de Túnez

Hassib  Ben Khedher‍; Erol  Yildirim; Mohamed  Braham

doi:10.3989/graellsia.2022.v78.321

Authors

Hassib Ben Khedher‍ Regional Research Centre on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at Chott Meriem, University of Sousse https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6292-3677
Erol Yildirim Atatürk University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3509-425X
Mohamed Braham Regional Research Centre on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at Chott Meriem, University of Sousse https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3913-5175

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2022.v78.321

Keywords:

Hymenoptera, Bembicidae, distribution, checklist, new records, Tunisia

Abstract

A checklist of family Bembicidae from Tunisia is compiled based on data available in the literature, new material collected from different localities in Tunisia between 2017 and 2019, and some specimens hosted in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. As a result, 49 species and two subspecies in 16 genera of the family Bembicidae are recorded. Two genera: Psammaecius Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1832, and Brachystegus A. Costa, 1859, are reported in this study for the first time. This is in addition to nine species and subspecies: Alysson ratzeburgi Dahlbom, 1843, Psammaecius eremorum de Beaumont, 1952, Stizoides klugii (F. Smith, 1856), Stizus fuscatus Morice, 1897, Stizus niloticus saharae Roth, 1934, Stizus pubescens arenarum Handlirsch, 1892, Stizus ruficornis strigatus Mochi, 1939, Stizus vespoides (Walker, 1871) and Brachystegus braueri (Handlirsch, 1887) that are new for the Tunisian fauna. New localities are also reported for several species and subspecies that had already been reported from Tunisia. Identified taxa are illustrated by digital photographs and their global and Tunisian distribution is presented.

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