Trachusa (Paraanthidium) interrupta (Fabricius, 1787)

Vertommen, Win, Vanormelingen, Pieter, D’Haeseleer, Jens, Wood, Thomas J., Baugnée, Jean-Yves, Blanck, Tim De, Grave, David De, Rycke, Samuel De, Deschepper, Chantal, Devalez, Jelle, Feys, Simon, Foubert, Olivier, Jacobs, Maarten, Janssen, Kobe, Legrain, Benjamin, Molenberg, Jean-Marc, Pauly, Alain, Pasau, Bernard, Reynaerts, Annie, Verheyen, Stefan, Wallays, Henk, Wielandts, Maarten & Vereecken, Nicolas J., 2024, New and confirmed wild bee species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes) for the fauna of Belgium, with notes on the rediscovery of regionally extinct species, Belgian Journal of Entomology 149, pp. 1-64 : 34

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16958242
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scientific name	Trachusa (Paraanthidium) interrupta (Fabricius, 1787)
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Trachusa (Paraanthidium) interrupta (Fabricius, 1787) View in CoL – Belg. sp. nov.

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SHORT DESCRIPTION: T. interrupta is a medium sized species from the Anthidiini tribe (10-15 mm). The species is easy to recognize by the unbroken yellow bands on the last tergites. This is the only species from the Anthidiini tribe that occurs in Belgium with this trait. Both sexes have yellow legs and a yellow clypeus.

DISTRIBUTION IN EUROPE: T. interrupta occurs mostly in Southern Europe, with observations from Spain to Turkey and Switzerland. There is also a record from Ukraine. In North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia ( SCHEUCHL & WILLNER, 2016). The species has not been found in any of our neighbouring countries except for France (KASPAREK, 2017).

EU RED LIST STATUS: Least concern (LC) ( NIETO et al., 2014)

ORIGIN OF RECORDS:

- BRUSSELS CAPITAL REGION. Schaerbeek ; 1♂; 18.viii.2016; leg. J.-M. Molenberg; coll. ULB; det. N.J. Vereecken, T. Wood .

COMMENTS:

- The nearest observations from this species are from southern France and Switzerland. It is therefore possible that the specimen that we caught did not get here naturally, although we think that future climate conditions will make our regions suitable for this species.