Sitaris Latreille, 1802

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70. Sitaris Latreille, 1802

(gure 111) Filalia Martinez de la Escalera, 1906 . Type species: Filalia cerambycina Martinez de la Escalera, 1906 , by monotypy. Currently considered as subgenus (Bologna, 1991a).

Type species. Necydalis humeralis Fabricius, 1775 (= Necydalea muralis Forster,

1771), by monotypy. Ca 25 spp.

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Geographic distribution. Palaearctic region (from Canary and Cabo Verde

Islands and Iberian Peninsula, east to Turkestan and perhaps Tibet), with scattered records from the Afrotropical and Oriental (one Indian sp.) regions.

References

Taxonomy. Escherich (1897a key and catalogue to Palaearctic spp.); Martinez de la Escalera (1906); Péringuey (1909 partial key to South African spp.);

PeyerimhoV (1931); Kaszab (1951d, 1953b); Pardo Alcaide (1958c); Bologna

(1991a, 1994a).

Bionomics. Fabre (1857); Beauregard (1890); Cros (1910, 1913c); Martinez de la Escalera (1914); Fagniez (1936); Kaszab (1951d); Bologna (1991a review).

Larvae. Fabre (1857); Beauregard (1890); Cros (1910, 1913c, 1914b, 1928a,

1929d); MacSwain (1956); Bologna (1991a). 2014 Anatomy Physiology.. Beauregard Beauregard (1890 (1886);, Lienhart 1890). and Remy (1930). February Notes Pharmacology. Beauregard (1890). 13 The systematics of Sitaris remains confused as the current generic de nition does 15 not seem to apply easily to various undescribed species that we have examined.: 23 Thus, in S Turkey (Lycian Taurus) a new undescribed species occurs that diVers at strongly from typical Sitaris by its extremely short elytra which only occupies the] basal half of the abdomen. It may represent a distinct subgenus (see Bologna, 1991a: Bath 412). Among certain African species the elytral shape of one is intermediate to of Stenoria , making generic assignment diYcult; two South African species diVer University de species distinct strongly nition from genus in of elytral the the (Bologna Near genus and. East antennal, unpublished, Congo structure and). We South from also Africa are typical aware which Sitaris of conform additional and may to undescribed represent the current a [by Some authors (Kaszab, 1969a; Aksentjev, 1988) considered Filalia Martinez de Downloaded la as Sitaris examined Escalera a As distinct. occurs It a is [1906 second characterized genus in a: few described. specimen Following other by Nemognathinae as of Filalia the Bologna Filalia subserrate ( Sitaris from (1991 genera) Tripoli from male a) we, a serrate antennal, retain single Lybia claws specimen Filalia (HNHM segments are as not from) a.. subgenus We a constancy Morocco recently of]

in Sitaris . In S. muralis , the claws are serrate only at the basal half; in some individuals they are entirely smooth. Two undescribed species from W Turkey and

Palestine also have entirely smooth claws.

The phoretic rst-instar larvae of three species have been described. Development occurs in the nests of various species of Anthophoridae , Megachilidae and Halictidae .