Leucospis varicollis CAMERON 1909

Madl, M., Schwarz, M. & K, Micrapion, 2012, Catalogue and faunistics of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Ethiopian region exluding Malagasy subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1221-1235 : 1228

Leucospis varicollis CAMERON 1909 (fig. 4)

Leucospis varicollis CAMERON 1909: 421 (descr., without locality).

Leucospis varicollis CAMERON 1909 : BOUČEK 1974: 103 (key), 106 (tax.), 107 (figs 138, 139), 109 (figs 140, 141), 120 (tax., type design., biol., Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe), 231 (host-parasite cat.).

Leucospis varicollis CAMERON 1909 : WEAVING 1994a: 147 (biol., South Africa).

Leucospis varicollis CAMERON 1909 : WEAVING 1994b: 192 (biol., South Africa).

Leucospis varicollis CAMERON 1909 : WEAVING 1995: 196 (tab. 9: biol., South Africa), 201 (tab. 13: biol., South Africa).

H o s t s: Pompilidae : Auplopus vitripennis (SMITH 1855) ( WEAVING 1994a: 147; 1995: 196, 201) – Megachilidae : Lithurgus spiniferus CAMERON 1905 (as Lithurgus capensis FRIESE 1905 ) ( BOUČEK 1974: 121).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Ethiopia: Province Ilubabor, 15 km SW Bedele, 2000 m 4 05.04.2007 leg. J Halada – Province Sidamo, near Bitata, 1480 m 1 27.04.2007 leg. J. Halada – Kenya: Mwingi, Kangonde vadi 1 18.04.2007 leg. M. Halada – Voi, Tsavo 1 1 22.11.- 02.12.1996 leg. Mi. Halada, 1 23.03.- 04.04.1997 leg. Ma. Halada – Nigeria: Gashaka Gumfi National Park, 25 km SW Serti, 400 m (07°20’N / 11°13’E) 1 1 9.- 13.5.2011, 2 13.05.2011 leg. J. Halada – Zambia: 90 km W Solwezi, E Chisasa 1 09.09.2005 leg. M. Snižek – Zimbabwe: Mushandike, National Park, Masvingo 3 10.12.1998 leg. J. Halada.

New record for the fauna of Ethiopia and Nigeria. Lithurgus spiniferus CAMERON is not mentioned as parasitoid in EARDLEY & URBAN (2010: 200).