Geographical distributions of Bembix (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) in southern Africa, with notes on biology Author Gess, Friedrich W. Albany Museum and Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6139 South Africa Author Gess, Sarah K. Albany Museum and Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6139 South Africa text Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2014 2014-02-14 36 53 130 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.36.6491 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.36.6491 1314-2607-36-53 FFBD95640232FFFEFFBCFFC3D21A8E1E 574835 Bembix scaura Arnold Fig. 13e Bembex scaura Arnold, 1929: 340, figs 10. 10a-e, pl. 6, fig. 51, ♂, ♀ (Syntypes, ♂, S. Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Sawmills and ♀, Sawmills, S. Rhod. [Zimbabwe], in SAMC ex NMBZ) (in revision of southern African Sphecidae ). Bembix scaura Arnold, R. Bohart and Menke 1976 : 548 (listed in checklist of world Sphecidae ); Pulawski 2013 : 79 (in catalogue of world Sphecidae sensu lato). Material examined. ZIMBABWE: Sawmills [ 19.35S , 28.02E ], S. Rhodesia, 1.iv.1923 (G. Arnold), Holotype ♂; Sawmills, S. Rhod, 1st April, 1923 (Roy Stevenson), Allotype ♀; W. Matetsi, iv. 1934 (R.H.R. Stevenson) 1 ♀; Westwood, nr. Matetsi [ 18.15S , 25.55E ], 30.iii.1930 (R.H.R. Stevenson) 1 ♂ [all SAMC ex NMBZ]. Geographical distribution. Known only from Zimbabwe ( Fig. 14e ). Floral associations. Unknown. Nesting. Unknown. Prey. Unknown.