Bembecinus acanthomerus (MORICE, 1911)

Schmid, Christian, 2024, Description of nine species of the genus Bembecinus A. COSTA, 1859 and revision of the B. acanthomerus species group (Hymenoptera, Spheciformes), Linzer biologische Beiträge 56 (1), pp. 313-336 : 316

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14681733
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14681735
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scientific name	Bembecinus acanthomerus (MORICE, 1911)
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Bembecinus acanthomerus (MORICE, 1911) View in CoL (figs 1-5)

Stizus acanthomerus MORICE, 1911: 116 View in CoL , ♀ ♁. Syntypes: Algeria: Biskra (Oxford).

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: MOROCCO: 2♁♁ 2♀♀, 12.vi.2014, 10 km E Aoulouz, Assaki , 30.551 N 8.025 W (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; 4♁♁, 25.iv.2018 16 km NW Zagora, Tafdroust 30.468 N 5.918 W (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; 2♁♁, 12.iv.2015 2 km NW Tissint 29.922 N 7.328 W (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; 3♁♁ 16.vi.2014 20 km E Tizinit, Assaka 29.690 N 9.530 W (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; 1♀ 15.vi.2014 5 km NW Tazenakht , N 10 30.606 N 7.228 W (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; 1♁, 2♀♀, 25.iv.2018 6 km NE Zagora, Boikhlal 30.392 N 5.796 W (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; 12♁♁ 12.vi.2014 Aoulouz , bridge on Souss river 30,697 N 8.156 W (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps ; 1♁, 1♀ 28.v.2014 Lake 2 km SE Ait Baha 30.051 N 9.108 W (leg. Kroupa) GoogleMaps ; 9♁♁, 25.iv.2018 S Zagora , Qued Draa 30.312 N 5.841 W (leg. CSE) GoogleMaps . TUNISIA: 2♀♀, 08.vi.2000 Süd-Tunesien , Dhargebirge , Ksourberge, 3 km sw Matmata 33.539 N 9.974 E (leg. Hauser) GoogleMaps .

R e m a r k: The species was treated as a species aggregate with a wide distribution in SCHMID- EGGER (2004). Here the species is re-defined, and refers only to specimens from Northwest Africa, and according to the characteristics in the key. Only newly collected material is listed above, see SCHMID- EGGER (2004) for other records and for detailed description.

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Morocco, Algeria, new record for Tunisia (the above mentioned record from Matmata was misidentfied as B. fertoni in SCHMID- EGGER 2004).