Sceliphron curvatum, (Smith, 1870) (Smith, 1870) Castro, 2020

Ceccolini, Filippo, 2024, New records of Sceliphron curvatum (Smith, 1870) in the Iberian Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae), Arquivos Entomolóxicos 30, pp. 277-282 : 278-280

Confirmed records:

ANDORRA

x Ordino: between La Cortinada and Ansalonga , 42.57201°N 1.52064°E (un. = 14 m), 13.VII.2024, 1 specimen, photo by “ kenneth_alexander ” ( IN) (see here).

PORTUGAL

x Beja: Ourique, Camping Serro da Bica , 37.5667°N - 8.26457°E (un. not recorded), 28.V.2021, 1 specimen, photo by Jorge Safara ( IN) (see here).

x Braga: Braga city, R. Nova de Santa Cruz , 41.55769°N - 8.39867°E (un. = 53 m), 31.V.2024, 1 specimen, photo by Sofia Duarte ( IN) (see here) .

x Viana do Castelo: Caminha, Marinhas, Caminho do Cruzeiro , 41.87787°N - 8.80655°E (un. = 8 m), 23.VII.2024, 1 specimen, photo by David Cabral ( IN) (see here) .

SPAIN

Andalusia:

x Cádiz: Cádiz , Parque Genovés , 36.53561°N - 6.30425°E (un. = 24 m), 30.VII.2023, 1 specimen, photo by “ sbushes ” ( IN) (see here); San Roque, 36.28704°N - 5.31418°E (un. not recorded), 13.VIII.2022, 1 specimen, photo by David Barros Cardona (IN) (see here).

x Córdoba: Córdoba city, Calle Madre Escolapias , 37.9096°N - 4.7822°E (un. = 5 m), 2.VII.2023, 1 specimen, photo by Alfonso Rodríguez (OB) (see here); idem, Av. Campo de la Verdad , 37.87453°N - 4.76964°E (un. = 1 m), 28.IX.2024, 1 specimen, photo by “ apusaffinis ” (IN) (see here); idem, Guadalquivir river , 37.87865°N - 4.74201°E (un. = 1 m), 4.VI.2024, 1 specimen, photo by “ apusaffinis ” (IN) (see here); idem, Campus Universitario de Rabanales , 37.91415°N - 4.72645°E (un. = 2 m), 5.VI.2023, 1 specimen ( Fig. 1 ), photo by “ davidfdz_b82 ” (IN) (see here); idem, C. Colonia San José , 37.91749°N - 4.71454°E (un. = 31 m), 7.VII.2022, 1 specimen, photo by “ davidfdz_b82 ” (IN) (see here).

x Málaga: Antequera, 37.00695°N - 4.55348°E (un. = 15 m), 25.V.2022, 1 specimen, photo by Susanne Vogel (IN) (see here); Málaga, near Paseo de Salvador Rued , 36.72589°N - 4.40358°E (un. = 23 m), 26.VIII.2024, 1 specimen, photo by “ franki5555 ” (IN) (see here); Marbella, Paseo de Bolivia , 36.50288°N - 4.78964°E (un. = 3 m), 24.VIII.2024, 1 specimen, photo by Kian Hayles-Cotton (IN) (see here); idem, Nueva Andalucía, 36.50921°N - 4.95686°E (un. = 15 m), 12.VII.2023, 1 specimen, photo by Ramón Ramiro Carta (IN) (see here); Casarabonela, 36.7833°N - 4.8572°E (un. not recorded), 26.VI.2022, 1 specimen, photo by Roberto Cabo Morgner (OB) (see here) .

Basque Country:

x Gipuzkoa: San Sebastián , Miramón-Zorroaga , 43.29294°N - 1.9862°E (un. = 186 m), 26.IV.2024, 1 specimen, photo by “ andergd ” (IN) (see here).

Extremadura:

x Cáceres: Aldeanueva de la Vera , 40.14452°N - 5.68148°E (un. not recorded), 28.V.2020, 1 specimen, photo by “ ytar ” (IN) (see here).

Galicia:

x Ourense: Os Milagres do Med , 42.23232°N - 7.63379°E (un. = 31 m), 11.IX.2023, 1 specimen, photo by Antonio Rico García (IN) (see here); Verín, 41.9341°N - 7.4383°E (un. not recorded), 6.VI.2021, 1 specimen, photo by Xosé Bergantiños (OB) (see here); idem, 41.9306°N - 7.4396°E (un. = 71 m), 6.VI.2024, 1 specimen, photo by Xosé Bergantiños (OB) (see here).

La Rioja:

x Briñas, 42.6008°N - 2.8309°E (un. = 4 m), 4.X.2024, 1 specimen, photo by Juan Dominguez (OB) (see here).

Records of nests or specimens without clear vision of the shape of the first metasomal tergum:

PORTUGAL

x Castelo Branco: Covilhã, Quintas da França , 40.27356°N - 7.43276°E (un. not recorded), 4.VIII.2022, 1 specimen, photo by G. Marques (IN) (see here); Oleiros , Roqueiro, 39.96979°N - 7.84118°E (un. = 1 m), 7 nests, photo by Alexandre Barata (IN) (see here); Sertã , Casal Novo, 39.88173°N - 8.10086°E (un. not recorded), 27.VIII.2022, 5 nests, photo by “ vitexlucens ” (IN) (see here); Castelo Branco , Escola Secundária Nuno Alvares, 39.8207°N - 7.4923°E (un. not recorded), 17.VI.2021, 1 specimen, photo by João Esteves (IN) (see here); Proença-a-Nova , 39.72878°N - 7.84462°E (un. = 1700 m), 15.X.2022, 4 specimens, photo by Ricardo Martins (IN) (see here); Penamacor , Zona Balnear do Meimão, 40.26956°N - 7.14451°E (un. not recorded), 24.IX.2022, 13 nests, photo by Simão Mateus (IN) (see here).

x Portalegre: Portalegre city, R. Dr. Galiano Tavares , 39.29055°N - 7.42576°E (un. = 31 m), 10.IX.2020, 3 nests , photo by “ mtfoliveira ” (IN) (see here); Avis, Alcôrrego, 39.01161°N - 7.92609°E (un. not recorded), 7.X.2022, 3 nests, photo by David Pereira (IN) (see here) .

x Santarém: Macao, near Pereiro , 39.58332°N - 8.01362°E (un. not recorded), 20.V.2023, 3 nests, photo by Sara Arȧjo (IN) (see here) .

x Viana do Castelo: Vilarelho , 41.86832°N - 8.83424°E (un. not recorded), 10.VII.2024, 1 specimen, photo by Diana Santos (IN) (see here) .

x Vila Real: Alijó, Pinhão , 41.19096°N - 7.54502°E (un. not recorded), 8.VI.2024, 1 specimen, photo by “ bemma ” (IN) (see here) .

SPAIN

x Andalusia: Cádiz: Algeciras, Plaza Alta , 36.1312°N - 5.4474°E (un. not recorded), 20.VIII.2023, 10 nests, photo by Mª del Carmen Fajardo Arcos (OB) (see here). Córdoba: Córdoba, Santa María de Trassierra , 37.9353°N - 4.8985°E (un. = 13 m), 20.VIII.2022, 6 nests, photo by “ amora_picos ” (IN) (see here); Alozaina, 36.74322°N - 4.86442°E (un. = 11 m), 7.II.2021, 14 nests, photo by Palangana Fresquita (IN) (see here); Fuengirola, near Plaza de los Niños , 36.54563N - 4.63118°E (un. not recorded), 23.III.2020, at least 9 nests, photo by “ nataliagd ” (IN) (see here) .

x Basque Country: Gipuzkoa: Astigarraga , 43.28006°N - 1.95054°E (un. = 96 m), 23.VI.2020, 6 nests, photo by “ franeriel ” (IN) (see here) .

x Canary Islands: Gran Canaria: Maspalomas, Avenida Estados Unidos , 27.75542°N - 15.57039°E (un. = 23 m), 21.VI.2022, 1 specimen, photo by Alexander Weigand (IN) (see here) .

x Castilla – La Mancha : Albacete : Albacete, near Plaza José Ramón Martinez Gualda , 38.98631°N - 1.86407°E (un. = 165 m), 28.VII.2020, 1 specimen, photo by “ diegogargarr ” (IN) (see here); idem, Tobarra, 38.5874°N - 1.69353°E (un. = 72 m), 21.VI.2021, 1 specimen, photo by “ onique ” (IN) (see here). Guadalajara: Uceda, Calle de París , 40.79618°N - 3.49349°E (un. = 3 m), 25.VII.2021, 4 nests, photo by “ jlsoriat ” (IN) (see here).

x Galicia: Ourense: O Barco de Valdeorras , Ṙa Barco de Ávila , 42.4149°N - 6.9906°E (un. = 5 m), 1.X.2021, 1 specimen, photo by Francisco Manuel Illanes Ramos (OB) (see here) .

x La Rioja: Albelda de Iregua , 42.38119°N - 2.46466°E (un. not recorded), 3.IX.2023, at least 29 nests, photo by José Antonio León Mangado (IN) (see here) .

Figures

Fig. 1.- Specimen of S. curvatum from Campus Universitario de Rabanales in Córdoba. (Photo by “davidfdz_b82”).