Crossocerus podagricus (VAN DER LINDEN 1829)

Tomarchio, S. & G. F, 2006, New or little known Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) from Sicily (Italy), Linzer biologische Beiträge 38 (1), pp. 953-960 : 955

Crossocerus podagricus (VAN DER LINDEN 1829)

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Mount Etna, Giardino Botanico, Case Santa Barbara, 1700 m (Nicolosi, Catania), 25.VI.2001, 1 (S. Tomarchio leg.).

R e m a r k s: Recently recorded from Sicily by SCHMID- EGGER (2003). Widely distributed in the Palaearctic region, most common in the northern territories, it becomes rare in the southern part. Its presence in Algeria is doubtful (BITSCH & LECLERCQ 1993). It is recorded from peninsular Italy, as south as Campania.