Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839

Madl, M., Schwarz, M. & K, Micrapion, 2012, Catalogue and faunistics of the family Leucospidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of the Ethiopian region exluding Malagasy subregion, Linzer biologische Beiträge 44 (2), pp. 1221-1235 : 1225-1226

Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839

Leucospis ornata KLUG mss., n.sp.: WESTWOOD 1839: 252 (descr., South Africa partim). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : WALKER 1871: 56 (tax.). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : SCHLETTERER 1890: 154 (tax.), 155 (tax.), 159 (tax.), 166

(key), 219 (tax., descr., South Africa). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : DE DALLA TORRE 1898: 413 (cat. partim). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : CAMERON 1907: 204 (tax., South Africa). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : SCHMIEDEKNECHT 1909: 16 (cat.). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : BOUČEK 1974: 103 (key), 106 (tax.), 116 (tax., type design.,

descr., biol., Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea

(Bioko), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra

Leone, Sudan, Zimbabwe), 231 (host-parasite cat.). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : MEDLER 1980: 458 (cat. Nigeria). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : RASPLUS 1987: 173 (tax., biol., Ivory Coast). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : WEAVING 1994b: 192 (biol., South Africa). Leucospis ornata WESTWOOD 1839 : WEAVING 1995: 201 (tab. 13: biol., South Africa). * Leucospis tricarinata n.sp.: SCHLETTERER 1890: 155 (tax.), 165 (key), 221 (descr., Democratic

Republic of Congo). Leucospis tricarinata n.sp.: SCHLETTERER 1891: (descr., Democratic Republic of Congo). Leucospis tricarinata SCHLETTERER 1890 : DE DALLA TORRE 1898: 414 (cat.). Leucospis tricarinata SCHLETTERER 1890 : SCHULZ 1906: 272 (distr.), 295 (tax., Bioko). Leucospis tricarinata SCHLETTERER 1890 : SCHMIEDEKNECHT 1909: 17 (cat.). Leucospis tricarinata SCHLETTERER 1890 : BOUČEK 1974: 116 (syn.).

H o s t s: Vespidae : Tricarinodynerus guerinii (DE SAUSSURE 1853) ( WEAVING 1994b: 192) – Megachilidae : Lithurgus sparganotes ( SCHLETTERER 1891) ( RASPLUS 1987: 173) , Lithurgus spiniferus CAMERON 1905 (as Lithurgus capensis FRIESE 1905 ) ( BOUČEK 1974: 118), Megachile willowmorensis BRAUNS 1926 ( BOUČEK 1974: 118).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Gabon, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Zimbabwe.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Kenya: Nguni, N Ngomeni 1 27.04.2007 leg. M. Snižek – Malawi: Nikhotakota, Lake Malawi 1 02.01.2002 leg. J. Halada – Nigeria: Gashaka Gumfi National Park , 30 km SE Serti, 450 m (07°21’N / 11°32’E) 1 24.04.– 08.05.2011 leg. J. Halada – South Africa: Western Cape, S Lamberts Bay 1 07.– 09.10. 1999 leg. M. Halada ; 1 07.10.1999 leg. Ma. Halada – Western Cape, SW Klein-Karroo, Groot River 1 25.10.1999 leg. M. Halada – Western Cape, Klein-Karroo, Grot River , Langberg 4 24.11.2002 leg. Ma. Halada – Tanzania: Province Dodoma, 35 km N Dodoma, 1100 m (05°54’S / 35°45’E) 1 14.12.2006 leg. J. Halada – Province Dodoma, 35 km N Kondoa, 1570 m (04°36’S /35°46’) 1 19.12.2006 leg. J. Halada.

New record for the fauna of Tanzania. The host record from a "carpenter bee" ( BOUČEK 1974: 118) is probably a misidentification ( BOUČEK 1974: 117). Lithurgus sparganotes (SCHLETTERER) , Lithurgus spiniferus CAMERON and Megachile willowmorensis BRAUNS are not mentioned as parasitoids in EARDLEY & URBAN (2010: 200, 200, 336).