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Issue: Vol. 20 No. 1: November 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-11-17
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2020.20.1.2
Page range: 11-16
Abstract views: 190
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of the previously unknown male of Parapsammophila errabunda (Kohl, 1901) (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) from Tunisia

Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum and Regional Research Center for Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at Chott Meriem, Sousse University, Sousse
Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ataturk University, Erzurum
Regional Research Center for Horticulture and Organic Agriculture at Chott Meriem, Sousse University, Sousse
Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
Parapsammophila errabunda Sphecidae male description Tunisia

Abstract

The male of Parapsammophila errabunda (Kohl, 1901) is described for the first time and illustrated by digital photographs. Some ecological notes of species are included.

 

Key words: Parapsammophila errabunda, Sphecidae, male, description, Tunisia

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