Bembix compedita R. Turner, 1913

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 : 71

Bembix compedita R. Turner

Bembex kohli R. Turner, 1912: 415, ♂, ♀, junior primary homonym of Bembex kohlii Morice, 1897 (Syntypes, Malawi, Blantyre and Mlanji Boma in BMNH).

Bembex compedita R. Turner, 1913: 746, substitute name for Bembex kohli R. Turner, 1912; Arnold 1929: 375, figs 38, 38a-c, ♂, ♀ (in revision of South African Sphecidae ); Arnold 1930: 21 (in checklist of Afrotropical Sphecidae ).

Bembix compedita R. Turner, 1912, Lohrmann 1948: 286 (member of fuscipennis species group); R. Bohart and Menke 1976: 546 (in checklist of world Sphecidae ); Pulawski 2013: 21 (in catalogue of world Sphecidae sensu lato).

Specimens examined.

MALAWI (as Nyasaland): S.W. of Lake Chilwa, 9.i.1914 (S.A. Neave) 1 ♀; Zomba, 9.xi.1943 (Nat. Museum S. Rhodesia), 1 ♂, 1 ♀ [both SAMC ex NMBZ]; Zomba, 9.xi.1943 (Nat. Museum S. Rhodesia) 2 ♀♀ [AMSG].

Additional records extracted from database of specimens in collection of SAMC.

KENYA: Nairobi, 7.v.1920 (no collector given), no sex given, no determiner given; MALAWI [as Nyasaland], Zomba, 20.vii.1911, no sex given, no determiner given; same locality, 1.i.1915 (H.S. Stannus), no sex given, no determiner given; same locality, 20.vii.1911 (R. Drumond), no sex given, no determiner given; same locality, 9.xi.1943 (Rhodesia Museum), no sex given, no determiner given; same locality, 18.xi.1943 (Rhodesia Museum), no sex given, no determiner given. SOUTH AFRICA: Free State, Bloemfontein [29.06S, 26.07E], 20.iii.1921 (C.F. Jacot-Guillarmod), no sex given, determined by G. Arnold.

Geographical distribution.

The above records confirm the northern occurrence of this species in Malawi and Kenya, however, the record for Bloemfontein suggests that it is also found to the south in the Free State. As there is one record only from the south additional material is required to establish the veracity of this record.

Floral associations.

Unknown.

Nesting.

Unknown

Prey.

Unknown.