Bembix baumanni Handlirsch, 1893

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 : 62

Bembix baumanni Handlirsch Fig. 3

Bembix Baumanni Handlirsch, 1893c: 813, pl. 2, fig. 18, pl. 5, fig. 24, ♂ (Holotype, ♂, South Africa, former Transvaal, no locality, in MHNG); Dalla Torre 1897: 502 (in catalogue of world Hymenoptera ); Arnold 1929: 359, figs 24, 24a (in revision of southern African Sphecidae ).

Bembix baumanni Handlirsch, de Beaumont 1967: 506 (South West Africa [Namibia], Kakaoveld, Sanitatas, about 85 miles WSW Ophopoho); R. Bohart and Menke 1976: 545 (in checklist of world Sphecidae ); Pulawski 2013: 9 (in catalogue of world Sphecidae sensu lato).

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

SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: Dunbrody [33.34S, 25.41E] (no date) ( O’Neil), no sex given, determined by G. Arnold. Six additional records with no determiner are given, five from the Western Cape and one from Namibia.

Geographical distribution.

The few records available are for Namibia, the former Transvaal, the Eastern Cape and possibly Western Cape. Clearly further records are required to clarify the distribution pattern.

Flower associations.

Unknown.

Nesting.

Unknown.

Prey.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 3. Bembix baumani, male. (approximate length: 16.5 mm)