Published March 20, 2020 | Version v1
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Tachysphex costae

Description

Tachysphex costae (De Stefani, 1882)

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Oman (Hamer 1986, 1988), United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Howarth & Gillett 2008), Yemen (Pulawski 2007).

Extralimital distribution: Mediterranean basin, north to southern France, Romania and Hungary, east to Kazakhstan, Transcaspian region, and western Pakistan, China, south to South Africa.

Notes

Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Crabronidae, pp. 20-73 in Zootaxa 4754 (1) on pages 20-73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3719051

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Crabronidae
Genus
Tachysphex
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
De Stefani
Species
costae
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tachysphex costae (Stefani, 1882) sec. Gadallah, 2020

References

  • Hamer, I. (1986) Hymenoptera highlights II. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 30, 10 - 16. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 30 / 30 _ 10. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)
  • Hamer, I. (1988) Hymenoptera highlights V. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 35, 6 - 12. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 35 / 35 _ 06. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)
  • Gillett, M. & Gillett, C. (2005) Insects & other arthropods. In: Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (Eds.), The Emirates, a Natural History. Trident Press Ltd., London, pp. 168 - 195 + 352 - 356 + 377 - 379.
  • Howarth, B. & Gillett, M. P. T. (2008) The terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Perry, R. J. (Ed.), Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, pp. 380 - 463.
  • Pulawski, W. J. (2007). The wasp genus Tachysphex Kohl, 1883 of Sahara, sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 58 (Supplement 1), 1 - 698.