New records of the genus Diodontus Curtis, 1834 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from Bulgaria, Montenegro and Poland, with a key to Central and Eastern European species
Author
Olszewski, Piotr
Author
Ljubomirov, Toshko
Author
Wiśniowski, Bogdan
Author
Kowalczyk, Jan Krzysztof
Author
Krzyżyński, Maciej
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Zootaxa
2016
4061
2
164
172
journal article
51224
10.11646/zootaxa.4061.2.6
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1175-5326
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Diodontus insidiosus
Spooner, 1938
(
Figs 1, 8
,
27, 29, 31
)
First record from
Poland
. Małopolska Upland: Pińczowskie Mts. (
50°28’29”N
,
20°24’1”E
) 24
VII 2006—
1
♂ leg. B. Wiśniowski.
The specimen was collected on the flower head of
Senecio jacobea
at the edge of xerothermic grassland. In
Spain
, the species was collected on flowers of
Seseli tortuosum
and
Euphorbia serrata
, also on the leaves of
Populus nigra
and
Quercus ilex
(
Gayubo & Sanza 1986
)
.
The species prefers open, dry and sandy habitats (
Macek et al. 2010
). The species range includes mainly North and Central Europe (
Lomholdt 1984
). It is known from
Austria
,
Belgium
,
Bulgaria
,
Czech Republic
,
Finland
,
France
,
Germany
,
Great Britain
,
Greece
,
Hungary
,
Italy
,
Luxembourg
,
Netherlands
,
Portugal
,
Russia
,
Slovakia
,
Spain
and
Switzerland
(
Pulawski 2015
).
The species is morphologically similar to
D. minutus
which is one of the commonest species in Europe. Checking specimens of
D. minutus
in various entomological collections may reveal new records of
D. insidiosus
and bring new information about the occurrence of the species in the region.