Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) caelebs (SICHEL, 1864)

B, Cathimeris & B, Guigliana, 2021, A catalogue of the Scoliidae (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 53 (2), pp. 743-750 : 743-744

Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) caelebs (SICHEL, 1864)

Elis (Dielis) caelebs n.s.: SICHEL 1864 (In: DE SAUSSURE & SICHEL): 297 (description ♀, Ethiopia without exact locality = Massawa according to BETREM & BRADLEY 1972).

Dielis caelebs (SICHEL, 1864) : MAGRETTI 1884 b: 559 (taxonomy, Aikota, Keren).

Elis caelebs (!) SICHEL, 1864: MAGRETTI 1885: 293 (Aikota), 329 (Keren), 352 (catalogue species collected by expedition).

Campsomeris caelebs (SICHEL, 1864) : GUIGLIA 1939b: 80 (taxonomy, Barentu).

Campsomeris caelebs (SICHEL, 1864) : GUIGLIA 1951: 9 (taxonomy, Barentu, Keren, Saganeiti).

Campsomeris caelebs (SICHEL, 1864) : GUIGLIA 1954: 342 (taxonomy, Eritrea without exact locality).

Campsomeriella (Campsomeriella) caelebs (SICHEL, 1864) : BETREM & BRADLEY 1972: 86 (key ♀), 267 (taxonomy), 269 (keys ♀), 270 (key ♁), 271 (key ♁), 273 (taxonomy, biogeography, footnote: taxonomy), 276 (figs. 49, 50), 282 (map 42 ♁), 285 (map 43 ♀), 287 (taxonomy, lectotype designation by Betrem, description ♀ ♁, biology, Adi Ugri, Agordat, Aikota, Assab, Cherema = Keren, Ghinda, Gura, Keren, Mdi Hildeya = Mai Edaga, Massawa, Mentei = Hali Mentel, Orti Davi = Orti Dari, Pozzi Dorotai = Pozzi Darotai, Rothes Meer = Red Sea without eaxact locality, Saganeiti, Salamona, Wakhivo = Wadi Wakhiro), 295 (taxonomy).

* Dielis collaris (FABRICIUS, 1775): MAGRETTI 1884 b: 558 (taxonomy, biology, Aikota, Khor Cheru, Khor Lebka).

* Elis eriophora (KLUG, 1832): MAGRETTI 1885: 293 (Aikota), 323 (Khor Cheru), 333 (Khor Lebka), 352 (catalogue species collected by expedition).

Elis (Dielis) eriophora KLUG, 1832: GUIGLIA 1931: 158 (taxonomy, Gahare).

Campsomeris thoracica subsp. eriophora (KLUG, 1832) : GUIGLIA 1932: 128 (taxonomy, Agordat).

Campsomeris thoracica f. eriophora (KLUG, 1832): GUIGLIA 1951: 6 (taxonomy, Eritrea without exact locality).

* Dielis auricollis (LEPELETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU, 1845): WALKER 1871: 13 (taxonomy, Massawa, Raffla).

Dielis auricollis (LEPELETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU, 1845): INNES BEY 1911: 110 (without exact locality (could be also record from Sudan), catalogue Lord Collection).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Adi Ugri, Agordat, Aikota, Assab, Barentu, Keren, Gahare, Ghinda, Habi-Mentel, Keren, Khor Cheru, Khor Lebka, Mai Edaga, Massawa, Orti Dari, Pozzi Darotai, Raffla, Saganeiti, Salamona, Wadi Wakhiro, Red Sea without exact locality ( BETREM & BRADLEY 1972).

Campsomeriella caelebs , which is widely distributed in the Afrotropical region, is recorded also from Djibouti, Ethiopia and Sudan.