Trochometridium tribulatum Cross, 1965

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4514.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:06EF10B9-0C0A-4850-8CF6-2F69B07BB642
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5992824
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7E2487A4-A54F-0E6F-59AE-FCACB1C01CE0
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Trochometridium tribulatum Cross, 1965
status

This species was described from the USA associated with various halictid bees ( Cross 1965). It has been recorded from numerous bees from the families Andrenidae View in CoL , Apidae View in CoL , Halictidae View in CoL , Megachilidae View in CoL , Mutillidae View in CoL , and Sphecidae View in CoL in North America, on beetles Cicindella willistoni LeConte (Cicindellidae) in the USA, Ossibia View in CoL sp. ( Cerambycidae View in CoL ), Aphodius View in CoL sp. ( Scarabaeidae View in CoL ) in Sudan, and on undetermined scarab beetles in Canada, Egypt and South Africa (for references see Mortazavi et al. 2011).

Herewith are the first records of this species from Sri Lanka and Burkina Faso.

Material examined. SRI LANKA: 4 females on Orphnus sp., Wilpattu National Park , Talawila 9.X.1982, G. Medvedev leg ; 1 female on Orphnus mysoriensis Westwood, Wilpattu National Park, Talawila 8.X.1982 V. Zaitzev leg. BURKINA FASO: 1 female on Orphnus macleayi Laporte de Castelnau and 11 females on Orphnus subfoveatus Fairmaire, Ouagadougou , 6.VI.1927, G. Olsoufieff leg.