New data on the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae) from Jazan Province, with the description of three new species and the hitherto unknown male of <i>Miscophus chrysis</i> Kohl, 1894

Gadallah, Neveen S.; El-Ghiet, Usama M. Abu; Edmardash, Yusuf A.

doi:10.1080/00222933.2021.1955993

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“…The taxonomic studies about Hymenoptera are few and scattered in Iraq and restricted about some guilds [10][11][12] Members of the genus Cerceris are witch hunt mainly bees or beetles as a provision for their larvae, they prefer dry and hot areas [9]. Cerceris was revised in Arabian Peninsula [13,14] and Iraq [15]. The diagnostic characters are summarized as follows: complete inner orbits, clypeus trilobites, ocellocular distance well define.…”

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Two New Records of Cerceris Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae) from Iraq

Hamodee,

Shafeeq,

Augul

2023

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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In a survey of the crabronid fauna of Iraq during June to October 2022; 9species belonging to the genus Cerceris Latreille, 1802 were identified. Twospecies are new record of the fauna of Iraq: C. dorsalis Eversmann, 1849 and C. priesneri Mochi, 1939. Brief description, diagnostic characters, some collecting information, and photographs of each species are provided. As well provides a key to the species depending on many morphological features especially: propodeal enclosure, semicircular plate at base of second gastral sternites and free margin of clypeus. Moreover, this study observed that most collected specimens belonging to Cerceris hortivaga Kohl, 1880 and the least to C.dorsalis Eversmann, 1849, C. priesneri Mochi, 1939, C. tricolorata Spinola,1829 and C. straminea Dufour, 1854

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