Bembecinus somalicus (Arnold) Gess & Pulawski & Gess, 2015

Gess, Friedrich W., Pulawski, Wojciech J. & Gess, Sarah K., 2015, A Revision of the rhopalocerus Species Group of Bembecinus Costa (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae), Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 62 (7), pp. 207-256 : 242-243

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512316

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12728773

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Bembecinus somalicus (Arnold)
status

stat. nov.

Bembecinus somalicus (Arnold) View in CoL , new status

Figures 5d View FIGURE , 22 View FIGURE .

Stizus quadristrigatus race somalicus Arnold, 1940:116 View in CoL , Fig. 11 ♀ View FIGURE . Holotype ♀, Somalia: Warderi, now Ethiopia: Werder ( SAMC), examined by W. Pulawski.— As Bembecinus qudristrigatus somalicus (Arnold) View in CoL : R. Bohart and Menke, 1976:532 (new combination, new status, in checklist of world Sphecidae View in CoL ); Pulawski, 2014:30 (in catalog of world Sphecidae View in CoL sensu lato.

Stizus quadristrigatus var. dubiosus Guiglia, 1941:78 View in CoL , ♀. Holotype: ♀, Ethiopia: Gabredarre, now Kebri Dehar ( MSNG). New synonymy by W. Pulawski.— As Bembecinus quadristrigatus dubiosus (Guiglia) View in CoL : R. Bohart and Menke, 1976:531 (new combination, new status, in checklist of world Sphecidae View in CoL ); Pulawski, 2014:29 (in catalog of world Sphecidae View in CoL sensu lato).

RECOGNITION.— Bembecinus somalicus View in CoL has a color pattern unique within the rhopalocerus View in CoL group: terga II-V each have a pair of submedian black stripes that extend beyond tergal midlength, as in B. loriculatus (F. Smith) View in CoL , or a pair of black spots near the tergal middle.

JUSTIFICATION OF NEW SYNONYMY. — The original description and the illustration of B. dubiosus clearly show the unique color pattern identical to that of B. somalicus . These two names are therefore synonyms. In addition, the holotypes of the two species originate from adjacent localities that are less than 100 km apart, both in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.

MATERIAL EXAMINED.— ETHIOPIA: Somali Region: El Rago, 9.xii.1953, Desert Locust Survey, D.J. Greathead (1 ♀, AMGS); Gabredarre, now Kebri Dehar ( Guiglia, 1941); Warderi, now Wereder (1 ♀, SAMC, holotype of somalicus ) . KENYA: Eastern Province: Archer’s Post at Ewaso Ngiro River , 12.xii.1969, E.S. Ross (5 ♀, 6 ♂, CAS; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, UCDC); 5 km NNE Isiolo at 0°24.3′N 37°35.7′E, 8–10.vi.2000, M.H. Bourbin, V.F. Lee, and W.J. Pulawski (2 ♀, CAS); GoogleMaps near Ewaso Ngiro River opposite Archer’s Post at 0°38.1′N 37°40.4′E, 2–8.xii.2002, W.J. Pulawski (14 ♀, CAS) GoogleMaps ; same locality, M.A. Prentice, 2–8.xii. 2002 (7 ♂, CAS) and 19–20.xii.2002 (1 ♀, 2 ♂, AMGS; 1 ♀, 3 ♂, CAS). Coast Province: Taveta on Lumi River, xii.1912, collector unknown (1 ♀, BMNH); TANZANIA: Tanga Region: 2 km NE Mkomazi at 4°37.8′S 38°05.5′E, 29–31.xii.2002, M.A. Prentice (1 ♀, CAS) and GoogleMaps W.J. Pulawski (1 ♀, CAS) .

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.— Known from semi-arid to arid areas of the Somali Region of Ethiopia, Kenya, and northeast Tanzania ( Fig. 26d View FIGURE ).

FLORAL ASSOCIATIONS.— Unknown.

NESTING.— Unknown.

PREY.— Unknown.

AMGS

South Africa, Cape Province, Grahamstown, Albany Museum

CAS

USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences

UCDC

USA, California, Davis, University of California, R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology

BMNH

United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]

SAMC

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

MSNG

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 'Giacomo Doria'

AMGS

Albany Museum

UCDC

R. M. Bohart Museum of Entomology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Crabronidae

Genus

Bembecinus

Loc

Bembecinus somalicus (Arnold)

Gess, Friedrich W., Pulawski, Wojciech J. & Gess, Sarah K. 2015
2015
Loc

Stizus quadristrigatus var. dubiosus

PULAWSKI, W. J. 2014: 29
GUIGLIA, D. 1941: 78
1941
Loc

Stizus quadristrigatus race somalicus

PULAWSKI, W. J. 2014: 30
ARNOLD, G. 1940: 116
1940
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