Spilomena canariensis BISCHOFF, 1937

Spilomena canariensis BISCHOFF, 1937 View in CoL , new record for Morocco ( figs 19-20 View Figs 14-20 , 21 View Fig )

Spilomena canariensis BISCHOFF, 1937b: 2 View in CoL , ♀, ♁. Holotype: ♀, Spain: Canary Islands: Tenerife: Orotava (Zool. Mus. Univ. Helsinki.).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: ♀ 21.iii.2024, Laâyoune-Sakia, Smara 26.746N 11.681W (CSE).

R e c o g n i t i o n: The species can be identified with DOLLFUSS (1986). The female is unique by having a distinct emargination on ACM, mandible is brown with a reddish apex, propodeal enclosure is not surrounded by a keel, and T6 has two longitudinal keels ( fig. 19, 20 View Figs 14-20 ).

D i s t r i b u t i o n Spilomena canariensis was previously considered endemic to the Canary Islands ( DOLLFUSS, 1986). It has now also been discovered on Madeira ( SMIT 2000). This is the first record for Marocco and thus for the African mainland ( fig. 21 View Fig ). For detailed records of Canary Islands see HOHMANN et al. (1993).

H a b i t a t: The specimen was caught on a flowering Tamarix shrub, at the western border of the town, in a semiarid and very dry area.