Bembecinus somalicus (Arnold) Gess & Pulawski & Gess, 2015
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.11512316 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7C4DD35E-FF91-1E56-FFF1-FBA1A344C835 |
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Felipe |
scientific name |
Bembecinus somalicus (Arnold) |
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stat. nov. |
Bembecinus somalicus (Arnold) View in CoL , new status
Figures 5d View FIGURE , 22.
Stizus quadristrigatus race somalicus Arnold, 1940:116 View in CoL , Fig. 11 ♀. Holotype ♀, Somalia: Warderi, now Ethiopia: Werder ( SAMC), examined by W. Pulawski.— As Bembecinus qudristrigatus somalicus (Arnold) View in CoL : R. Bohart and Menke, 1976:532 (new combination, new status, in checklist of world Sphecidae View in CoL ); Pulawski, 2014:30 (in catalog of world Sphecidae View in CoL sensu lato.
Stizus quadristrigatus var. dubiosus Guiglia, 1941:78 View in CoL , ♀. Holotype: ♀, Ethiopia: Gabredarre, now Kebri Dehar ( MSNG). New synonymy by W. Pulawski.— As Bembecinus quadristrigatus dubiosus (Guiglia) View in CoL : R. Bohart and Menke, 1976:531 (new combination, new status, in checklist of world Sphecidae View in CoL ); Pulawski, 2014:29 (in catalog of world Sphecidae View in CoL sensu lato).
RECOGNITION.— Bembecinus somalicus View in CoL has a color pattern unique within the rhopalocerus View in CoL group: terga II-V each have a pair of submedian black stripes that extend beyond tergal midlength, as in B. loriculatus (F. Smith) View in CoL , or a pair of black spots near the tergal middle.
JUSTIFICATION OF NEW SYNONYMY. — The original description and the illustration of B. dubiosus clearly show the unique color pattern identical to that of B. somalicus . These two names are therefore synonyms. In addition, the holotypes of the two species originate from adjacent localities that are less than 100 km apart, both in the Somali Region of Ethiopia.
MATERIAL EXAMINED.— ETHIOPIA: Somali Region: El Rago, 9.xii.1953, Desert Locust Survey, D.J. Greathead (1 ♀, AMGS); Gabredarre, now Kebri Dehar ( Guiglia, 1941); Warderi, now Wereder (1 ♀, SAMC, holotype of somalicus ) . KENYA: Eastern Province: Archer’s Post at Ewaso Ngiro River , 12.xii.1969, E.S. Ross (5 ♀, 6 ♂, CAS; 1 ♀, 1 ♂, UCDC); 5 km NNE Isiolo at
0°24.3′N 37°35.7′E, 8–10.vi.2000, M.H. Bourbin,
V.F. Lee, and W.J. Pulawski (2 ♀, CAS); near
Ewaso Ngiro River opposite Archer’s Post at
0°38.1′N 37°40.4′E, 2–8.xii.2002, W.J. Pulawski
(14 ♀, CAS); same locality, M.A. Prentice, 2–8.xii .
2002 (7 ♂, CAS) and 19–20.xii.2002 (1 ♀, 2 ♂,
AMGS; 1 ♀, 3 ♂, CAS). Coast Province: Taveta on
Lumi River, xii.1912, collector unknown (1 ♀,
BMNH); TANZANIA: Tanga Region: 2 km NE
Mkomazi at 4°37.8′S 38°05.5′E, 29–31.xii.2002,
M.A. Prentice (1 ♀, CAS) and W.J. Pulawski (1 ♀,
CAS). FIGURE 22. Bembecinus somalicus : female tergum GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.— Known from II showing color pattern.
semi-arid to arid areas of the Somali Region of
Ethiopia, Kenya, and northeast Tanzania ( Fig. 26d View FIGURE ).
FLORAL ASSOCIATIONS.— Unknown.
NESTING.— Unknown.
PREY.— Unknown.
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Bembecinus somalicus (Arnold)
Gess, Friedrich W., Pulawski, Wojciech J. & Gess, Sarah K. 2015 |
Stizus quadristrigatus var. dubiosus
PULAWSKI, W. J. 2014: 29 |
GUIGLIA, D. 1941: 78 |
Stizus quadristrigatus race somalicus
PULAWSKI, W. J. 2014: 30 |
ARNOLD, G. 1940: 116 |