The New Locations for Some Wasp Families in Türkiye

Year 2025, Volume: 14 Issue: 4, 2684 - 2693, 31.12.2025

Emin Kaplan , Levent Efil , Metehan Uzlu

https://doi.org/10.17798/bitlisfen.1776287

Abstract

The present paper is based on the material of the seven families Bembicidae, Crabronidae, Pemphredonidae, Philanthidae, Pompilidae, Sphecidae, and Vespidae collected between 2017 and 2024 in various localities of Bingöl, Çanakkale, and Diyarbakır provinces, Türkiye. In total, 36 species belonging to 26 genera and seven families are recorded: Bembicidae (three genera, four species), Crabronidae (six genera, eight species), Pemphredonidae (two genera, three species), Philanthidae (one genus, one species), Pompilidae (eight genera, 12 species), Sphecidae (five genera, seven species), and Vespidae (one genera, one species). Furthermore, new locality records and distributional data for identified species are provided.

Keywords

Hymenoptera , Bembicidae , Crabronidae , Pemphredonidae , Philanthidae , Pompilidae , Sphecidae , Vespidae , fauna , Türkiye

Ethical Statement

The study is complied with research and publication ethics

Thanks

We sincerely thank Dr. Christian Schmid-Egger for his contributions in assisting with the identification of some specimens.

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