Parodontodynerus ephippium (Klug, 1817)

Cassar, Thomas, Mifsud, David & Selis, Marco, 2022, The potter wasps of the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae), Journal of Hymenoptera Research 90, pp. 201-212 : 201

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.90.79373

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scientific name

Parodontodynerus ephippium (Klug, 1817)
status

 

Parodontodynerus ephippium (Klug, 1817)

Material examined.

Malta • 1♀, Imselliet Valley , 19 Jul. 2020, T. Cassar leg. ; 1♂ & 1♀, Imselliet Valley , 24 May 2020, T. Cassar leg. ; 1♂, Imselliet Valley , 2 May 2021, T. Cassar leg. ; 1♂, Mtaћleb, 29 Jun. 2014, T. Cassar leg.

Notes.

New record for the Maltese Islands. The above material belongs to the nominate subspecies Parodontodynerus ephippium ephippium (Klug, 1817) which is present throughout southern Europe, as well in Southwest Asia to Iran ( Gusenleitner 2000b). In the Maltese Islands, this species seems to be most active between the warm months of May and July.