Bembix scaura Arnold, 1929

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 : 96

Bembix scaura Arnold Fig. 13e

Bembex scaura Arnold, 1929: 340, figs 10. 10a-e, pl. 6, fig. 51, ♂, ♀ (Syntypes, ♂, S. Rhodesia [Zimbabwe], Sawmills and ♀, Sawmills, S. Rhod. [Zimbabwe], in SAMC ex NMBZ) (in revision of southern African Sphecidae ).

Bembix scaura Arnold, R. Bohart and Menke 1976: 548 (listed in checklist of world Sphecidae ); Pulawski 2013: 79 (in catalogue of world Sphecidae sensu lato).

Material examined.

ZIMBABWE: Sawmills [19.35S, 28.02E], S. Rhodesia, 1.iv.1923 (G. Arnold), Holotype ♂; Sawmills, S. Rhod, 1st April, 1923 (Roy Stevenson), Allotype ♀; W. Matetsi, iv. 1934 (R.H.R. Stevenson) 1 ♀; Westwood, nr. Matetsi [18.15S, 25.55E], 30.iii.1930 (R.H.R. Stevenson) 1 ♂ [all SAMC ex NMBZ].

Geographical distribution.

Known only from Zimbabwe ( Fig. 14e ).

Floral associations.

Unknown.

Nesting.

Unknown.

Prey.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 13. Bembix spp.: a Bembix namibensis, female, male b Bembix ochracea, female, male c Bembix olivata, female, male d Bembix regnata, female, male e Bembix scaura, female, male f Bembix sibilans, female, male. (approximate lengths of females: a 20.5 mm; b 16.5 mm; c 15.5 mm; d 18 mm; e 20 mm; f 19.5 mm)

Figure 14. Distributions of collection records of Bembix spp.: a Bembix namibensis b Bembix ochracea c Bembix olivata d Bembix regnata e Bembix scaura f Bembix sibilans.