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 loupata J. Parker Fig. 11c Bembix loupata J. Parker, 1929: 73, pl. 10, figs 123-126, ♂, ♀ (Holotype, ♂, Tanganyika [Tanzania], Kanoga, in ZMHB); Lohrmann 1948 : 448 (member of mediterranea species group; R Bohart and Menke 1976 : 547 (in checklist of world Sphecidae ); Pulawski 2013 : 42 (in catalogue of world Sphecidae sensu lato). Bembex loupata Parker & Arnold, 1931: 211, figs 47, 47a, 47b (original description copied). Material examined. ZIMBABWE: Sawmills [ 19.35S , 28.02E ], 31.x.1919 (G. Arnold) 1 ♂ [AMGS]; Sawmills, 12.xii.1926 (Rhodesian Museum) 1 ♂; Victoria Falls [ 17.55S , 25.50E ], 19.xi.1920 (G. Arnold) 1 ♂ [both SAMC ex NMBZ]. Geographical distribution. Known from Tanzania (Kanoga and Ukerewe Island) and Zimbabwe ( Fig. 12c ). Clearly more records are required to establish a distribution pattern. Flower associations. Unknown. Nesting. Unknown. Prey. Diptera : Bombyliidae and Sarcophagidae ( Sarcophaga sp.).