Bembecinus bytinskii de Beaumont, 1954

Gadallah, Neveen S., Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. & Edmardash, Yusuf A., 2021, New data on the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae) from Jazan Province, with the description of three new species and the hitherto unknown male of Miscophus chrysis Kohl, 1894, Journal of Natural History 55 (27 - 28), pp. 1697-1748 : 1700

Bembecinus bytinskii de Beaumont, 1954

( Figure 2a, b ) Bembecinus bytinskii de Beaumont, 1954: 255 , ♀, ♂.

Diagnosis

Clypeus yellow, except for a black marking medio-apically ( Figure 2 (a)), T1 with preapical yellow band, that is slightly constricted medially, T2 and T5 with apical yellow band that is widened laterally, narrower on T5, T3 with just a small median (incomplete) yellow band; T4 entirely black ( Figure 2 (a)). Propodeum arcuated posteriorly (as inverted U-shaped), with sharp postero-lateral corners ( Figure 2 (a)).

Records from Saudi Arabia

Hadasham (near Jeddah), Jeddah, Riyadh, Wadi Ilyah ( Gadallah and Assery 2004; Schmid- Egger 2004), Jazan (present study) .

General distribution

Israel, Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.

Comments

This species agrees with Bembecinus bytinskii in Schmid-Egger’s key to species (2004, couplet 15 of females).

Material examined

2 ♀, Jazan (Haffadhiya) (17º02 ʹ 41.4 ʺ N 42º39 ʹ 31.4 ʺ E), 15.xii.2020, on Jasminum sambac (L.) ( Oleaceae ) [Malaise trap], leg. Usama Abu El-Ghiet.

Figures

Figure 2. (a, b) Bembecinus bytinskii de Beaumont (female); (c–e) Cerceris rubida (Jurine) (male): (a) Dorsal habitus; (b) Frontal view of head; (c) Dorsal view of thorax and gaster; (d) Frontal view of head; (e) Dorsal view of thorax.