Crabronidae, Latreille, 1802

Smit, J., 2007, New wasps and bees for the fauna of the Canary Islands (Hymenoptera, Aculeata), Linzer biologische Beiträge 39 (1), pp. 651-656 : 652-653

Crabronidae

Of this family 48 species from 23 genera were listed so far from these islands. The genus Solierella is represented by three species: S. canariensis , S. dispar and S. pectinata . Solierella dispar PULAWSKI 1964 is known from the island of Fuerteventura. On 11 May 2002 a female was caught on the island of Lanzarote, near San Bartholomé. This species is new to this island.

The genus Trypoxylon was represented at the Canary Islands by two species: T. attenuatum and T. clavicerum . A third species was captured on 30 April 2000: Trypoxylon medium de BEAUMONT 1945 . It was a female, collected on the island of La Gomera, near Vallehermoso, Valle Abajo at an altitude of 100 m. This digger wasps is new for the fauna of the Canary Islands.

The species occurs in the western- and central palearctic region, eastwards to Kazakhstan.

From the genus Cerceris one endemic species was known: Cerceris concinna . This species occurs on all the islands of the archipelago. On 9 May 2002 a second species of this genus was collected: Cerceris chlorotica SPINOLA 1839 . This digger wasp is new for the fauna of the Canary Islands. The species occurs in Northern Africa ( SCHMIDT 2000). Three females were captured on the island of Fuerteventura and further specimens have been observed. They were collected at their nesting site, north of the village Costa Calma. A number of nests were located, on an almost bare, triangle-shaped, sandy area, which was screened at the south- and westside by shrubs and young trees ( Fig. 1 ).

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Fig. 1. Nesting site of Cerceris chlorotica near Costa Calma on Fuerteventura.