New or little known Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) from Sicily (Italy)
Author
Tomarchio, S.
Author
G. F
text
Linzer biologische Beiträge
2006
2006-07-21
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.5434594
287a3f15-b20c-453b-afd9-4469d5095c6c
0253-116X
5434594
Gorytes quinquecinctus
(FABRICIUS 1793)
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d:
Mount Etna
,
Tremestieri Etneo
,
350 m
(
Catania
),
19.
V
.1993
, 1 (
G.F. Turrisi
leg.)
;
16.V.1994
, 1 (G.F. Turrisi leg.);
Mount Etna
, slopes of
Mount San Leo
,
1000 m
(
Belpasso
,
Catania
),
4.
VI
.1992
, 1 (
G.F. Turrisi
leg.)
;
24.VI.1992
, 1, 3 (G.F. Turrisi leg.);
7- 9.VII.1992
, 2 (G.F. Turrisi leg.);
2.VI.1993
, 7 (G.F. Turrisi leg.);
26.VI.1999
, 1 (G.F. Turrisi leg.).
R e m a r k s: First record for Sicily! Widespread in Europe,
Turkey
, and
Kazakhstan
, its presence in N-Africa is not confirmed (
BITSCH et al. 1997
). It is recorded from the whole peninsular
Italy
, as south as
Calabria
. The specimens from Mount San Leo were collected on flowers of several
Apiaceae
:
Ferula communis
L.,
Thapsia garganica
L., and
Opopanax chironium
L. All
the male specimens examined have clypeus and pronotal lobes extensively yellow, as females.