Bembix carinata F. Smith, 1856

Gess, Friedrich W. & Gess, Sarah K., 2014, Geographical distributions of Bembix (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae, Bembicinae) in southern Africa, with notes on biology, Journal of Hymenoptera Research 36, pp. 53-130 : 71

Bembix carinata F. Smith Fig. 5

Bembex undulata Dahlbom, 1845: 487, ♀, junior primary homonym of Bembex undulata Spinola, 1839 (Holotype or syntype, ♀, South Africa, no locality, in LUND).

Bembex carinata F. Smith, 1856: 323, ♀ (Holotype or syntype, ♀, South Africa, Cape of Good Hope in BMNH). Synonymised with Bembex undulata by Dalla Torre 1897: 503 (in catalogue of world Hymenoptera ); Handlirsch 1893: 800 (in revision of world Bembicinae ); Dalla Torre 1897: 503 (in catalogue of world Hymenoptera ).

Bembex carinata F. Smith, Lohrmann 1939: 142 (member of melanopa group); R. Bohart and Menke 1976: 545 (in checklist of world Sphecidae ); Pulawski 2013 (in catalogue of world Sphecidae sensu lato).

Additional records extracted from database of specimens in collection of SAMC.

SOUTH AFRICA: West Cape: Mossel Bay [34.11S, 22.08E], 1.xii.1921 (R.E. Turner), two specimens, sex not given, one determined by G. Arnold; Cape Town [33.56S, 18.25E], 1.i.1915 (L. Peringuey), sex not given, determined by H. Brauns; Cape Town, 1.i.1909 (L. Peringuey jnr), sex not given, determined by J.C. Bridwell.

Geographical distribution.

Recorded only from Cape Town and Mossel Bay, possibly indicating a south western coastal distribution. Further records are required to establish a distribution pattern.

Floral associations.

Unknown.

Nesting.

Unknown

Prey.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 5. Bembix carinata, female and male. (approximate length of female: 17 mm)