Bembix atrospinosa R.Turner, 1917

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 atrospinosa R.Turner Fig. 1f

Bembex atrospinosa R. Turner, 1917b: 289, ♂, ♀ (Syntypes, South Africa, Eastern Cape, Willowmore, South Africa, in BMNH or TMSA?); Arnold 1929: 335, figs 6, 6a-e, ♂, ♀ (in revision of southern African Sphecidae ); Arnold 1930: 21 (in checklist of Afrotropical Sphecidae ).

Bembix atrospinosa R. Turner, R. Bohart and Menke 1976: 545 (in checklist of world Sphecidae ); Pulawski 2013: 9 (in catalogue of world Sphecidae sensu lato).

Note.

Described by R. Turner from Willowmore (December, Dr Brauns) and recorded by Arnold from the same locality.

Material examined.

SOUTH AFRICA: EASTERN CAPE: Willowmore [33.15S, 23.30E], 17.xii.1916 (Brauns), 1 ♀ [AMGS], 1 ♂ [SAMC ex NMBZ]; same locality and collector, 15.xii.1917, 1 ♂, 20.xii.1917, 1 ♀, 25.xii.1917, 1 ♀ [all 3 SAMC ex NMBZ]; Kleinemonde [33.32S, 27.03E], i.1905 (Mrs G. White), 1 ♂ [AMGS]. WESTERN CAPE: Rooinek [Pass], Laingsburg Distr. [33.20S, 20.52E], i.1949 (Zinn-Hesse Mus. Exp.), 2 ♀♀ [SAMC].

Geographical distribution.

From the few specimens available apparently southern, Eastern and West Cape provinces of South Africa ( Fig. 2f ).

Flower associations.

Unknown.

Nesting.

Unknown.

Prey.

Unknown.

Figures

Figure 1. Bembix spp.: a Bembix albata, female, male b Bembix albicapilla, female c Bembix albofasciata, female, male d Bembix anomalipes, female, male e Bembix arnoldi, female, male f Bembix atrospinosa, female, male. (approximate lengths of females: a 21 mm; b 18.5 mm; c 17 mm; d 19.5 mm; e 17 mm; f 19.5 mm)

Figure 2. Distributions of collection records of Bembix spp.: a Bembix albata b Bembix albicapilla c Bembix albofasciata d Bembix anomalipes e Bembix arnoldi f Bembix atrospinosa.