Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793

Madl, M. & Schwarz, M., 2014, Notes on Palaearctic species of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea), with new records from North Africa and Middle East, Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (2), pp. 1569-1580 : 1573-1575

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : LUCAS 1849: 317 ( Algeria).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : SCHLETTERER 1890: 154 (tax.), 155 (tax.), 156 (tax.), 157 (tax.), 158 (tax.), 159 (tax.), 167 (key), 169 (key), 203 (tax., descr., Iran without exact locality, Syria without exact locality), pls 5 (figs 5, 6, 13), 6 (fig. 20).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : SCHMIEDEKNECHT 1896: 159 ( Algeria), 163 ( Algeria).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : SCHULZ 1905: 18 ( Morocco), 20 (tax., Algeria).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : STRAND 1910: 281 (tax., Algeria).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : BERLAND 1934a: 173 (biol., Algeria, Morocco).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : BERLAND 1934b: 66 (key, fig. 1), 67 (key, footnote 2: distr., tax., biol., Algeria without exact locality), 68 (figs 2-4),

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : STECK 1934: 158 (tax., biol., Algeria).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : MASI 1935: 39 (tax., Algeria, Lybia).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : MASI 1949: 91 (tax., descr., Israel).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : BOUČEK 1956: 251 (tax., Israel).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : BOUČEK 1959: 437 (key, figs 11, 12), 442 (tax., Afghanistan without exact locality, Middle East without exact locality, Near East without exact locality, North Africa without exact locality).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : NIKOLS’ KAYA 1960a: 15 (fig. 16), 20 (biol.), 22 (biol.), 26 (biol.), 32, 196 (tax.), 197 (key), 204 (tax., descr., biol., Iran without exact locality), 205 (figs 129a-d).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : BYTINSKI- SALZ 1963: 527 (tax., biol., fig. 1: map, Israel), 528 (tab. 1: biol.).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : BOUČEK 1974: 12 (figs 1, 2, 5), 13 (figs 8, 9), 104 (key), 115 (fig. 176), 140 (tax.), 149 (tax., biol., Afghanistan without exact locality, Algeria, Egypt, Israel without exact locality, Iran without exact locality, Israel without exact locality, Lybia, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia), 156 (key).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : MADL 1989: 200 (tax., Israel without exact locality, Lebanon without exact locality, Tunisia without exact locality).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : MADL 1990: 83 (tax., Algeria).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : ABRAHAM & PETERS 2011: 267 (without locality (see below)).

Leucospis gigas FABRICIUS, 1793 : LOTFALIZADEH & FAKHRZADEH 2012: 52 (figs 2, 4, 5: map), 53 (tax., Iran).

* Leucospis nursei sp.nov.: CAMERON 1906: 92 (descr., Pakistan).

Leucospis nursei CAMERON, 1906 : WELD 1922: 37 (cat.).

Leucospis nursei CAMERON, 1906 : RAMAKRISHNA AIYAR 1925: 237 (cat. India and Ceylon).

Leucospis nursei CAMERON, 1906 : MANI 1937: 291 (cat. India), 292 (tax.), 293 (key), 297 (tax., cat.).

Leucospis nursei CAMERON, 1906 : MANI 1938: 48 (cat. India).

Leucospis nursei CAMERON, 1906 : BOUČEK 1974: 150 (syn., type design.).

* Leucaspis (!) quettaensis sp.nov.: CAMERON 1906: 91 (descr. (not), Pakistan).

Leucospis quettaensis CAMERON, 1906 : WELD 1922: 37 (cat.).

Leucospis quettaensis CAMERON, 1906 : RAMAKRISHNA AIYAR 1925: 237 (cat. India and Ceylon).

Leucospis quettaensis CAMERON, 1906 : MANI 1937: 291 (cat. India), 292 (tax.), 293 (key), 297 (tax., cat.).

Leucospis quettaensis CAMERON, 1906 : MANI 1938: 48 (cat. India).

Leucospis quettaensis CAMERON, 1906 : BOUČEK 1974: 149 (syn., type design.).

* Leucospis gigas var. rufonotata WESTWOOD, 1839 : SCHMIEDEKNECHT 1896: 163 (tax., Algeria).

Leucospis rufonotata WESTWOOD, 1839 : MASI 1935: 39 (tax., Lybia).

Leucospis rufonotata WESTWOOD, 1839 : MADER 1937: 160 (tax., key, Algeria).

Leucospis varia KLUG, 1814 : CASOLARI & CASOLARI MORENO 1980: 66 ( Algeria, cat. Spinola Collection Torino).

H o s t: Megachilidae : Hoplitis pallicornis (FRIESE, 1895) (see below).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Israel: Jericho, 1 1, leg. O. Schmiedeknecht (NHMW) – Jordan: N Shuna, 2, 29- 30.4.1996, 1, 30.4.1996, leg. Ma. Halada – Jordan Valley, Deir Alla, 1, 27.4.1996, leg. Mi. Halada – Jarash, near Burma, Al Huna, 4, 15.5.2010, leg. M. Snižek – Lebanon: Bsharri (Becharré), 1900 m, 1, 24- 30.6.1931, leg. H. Zerny (NHMW) – Iran: Province Kerman, 30 km S Sirjan, 1730 m (29°13’N /55°74’E), 1, 7.6.2010, leg. Mi. Halada – Province Kerman, Gebal Barez Mountains, Deh Bakri, 1640 m (29°08’/57°91’E), 1, 2, 3.6.2010, leg. Mi. Halada – Province Kohkiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad, Kuh Gol near Sisakht, 2500 m (30°84’N/ 51°53’E), 1, 9.6.2010, leg. Mi. Halada.

M a t e r i a l Z o o l o g i s c h e s M u s e u m H a m b u r g: Algeria: El Mesrane, 6, 1931, leg. K. Predota – Hassi Bahbah, 1, 1930, 1, 1931, leg. K. Predota – Israel: Mount Carmel, Nahal Nesher, 1, on Eryngium creticum LAMARCK 1798 (Apiaceae) , 14.6.2000, leg. Török – Wadi Denia, 1, collected 12.3.2000, emerged 16.4.2000, ex Hoplitis pallicornis (FRIESE 1895) in nest of Chalicodoma cf. sicula (ROSSIUS 1792), leg. Török.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia- Hercegovina, China, Croatia (mainland, Brac, Hvar, Krk, Rab, Susak), Egypt, France (mainland, Corsica), Germany, Gibraltar, Greece (mainland, Chios, Corfu, Crete, Kalymnos, Syros), Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy (mainland, Sardinia, Sicily), Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyztan, Lebanon, Lybia, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Pakistan, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (mainland), Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

First record for the fauna of Jordan.