Ameroseius bembix Elsen, 1973

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scientific name	Ameroseius bembix Elsen, 1973
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Ameroseius bembix Elsen, 1973: 750.

Ameroseius bembix . - Narita et al. 2015: 396.

Type depository.

Of Ameroseius bembix - Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren Belgium; of Ameroseius bembix subspec. ealensis - Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren Belgium.

Type locality and habitat.

Of Ameroseius bembix - Democratic Republic of Congo (as Zaire), l’Equateur Province, Bokuma, on sand wasp, Bembix braunsii ( Hymenoptera ); of Ameroseius bembix subspec. ealensis - Democratic Republic of Congo (as Zaire), Eala, on carpenter bee, Xylocopa varipes (as Mesotrichia varipes atritarsis ) ( Hymenoptera ).

Comparative material.

Democratic Republic of Congo: 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142500, holotype) - Dec. 1935, Eala, Mesotrichia varipes var. atritarsis , leg. J. Ghesquière ; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142509, paratype) - 14. 11. 1931, Eala, Sphex tuberculatus , leg. J. Brédo; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 170345, paratype) - March 1935, Eala, Sphex haemorrhoidalis var. volubis , leg. A. Corbisier; 1 ♀ (MRAC: 142510, paratype; published as 142501) - July 1952, Equateur, Bokuma , Sphex haemorrhoidalis var. pulchripennis , leg. R. P. Lootens (all type specimens labelled Ameroseius bembix ealensis ).

Remarks.

I consider both subspecies to be identical although no type material of Ameroseius bembix bembix was examined for the purpose of this study. Given that the characteristics of the type specimens of Ameroseius bembix ealensis are within the range of variability found in Ameroseius leclercqi Elsen, 1973, I suspect A. bembix ealensis to be a synonym of A. leclercqi .