Tachysphex obscuripennis gibbus KOHL 1885

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mount Etna, c.da Milia, 1250 m (Ragalna, Catania), 15.VIII.1995, 1 (S. Tomarchio leg.).

R e m a r k s: First record for Sicily! W-Mediterranean. It is recorded from the whole Italy, including Sardinia, as south as Campania and Apulia. The sistematic status of this subspecies is currently under revision by the authors.