Filling the Egyptian pollinator knowledge-gap: checklist of flower-visiting insects in South Sinai, with new records for Egypt
Author
Norfolk, Olivia
Author
Dathe, Holger H.
text
Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology
2019
69
1
175
184
journal article
10.21248/contrib.entomol.69.1.175-184
0005-805X
5742708
Hoplitis hofferi
TKALCŮ, 1977
Material
:
April-June
2012 –
St Katherine town
28°33'N
,
33°56'E
(4, 2)
,
Wadi Rahah
28°34'N
,
33°56'E
(1)
,
Wadi Itlah
28°35'N
,
33°55'E
(1)
.
April-July
2013–
St Katherine town
28°33'N
,
33°56'E
(20, 2)
,
Wadi Rahah
28°34'N
,
33°56'E
(2, 2)
,
Wadi Itlah
28°35'N
,
33°55'E
(4, 3)
,
Wadi Gebel
28°32'N
,
33°55'E
(1)
. A.M.
Details
: Observed foraging almost exclusively on
P. harmala
and
C. hexagyna
.
Distribution
:
Israel
,
Jordan
,
UAE
,
Oman
,
Pakistan
. First record for
Egypt
.