NEW DATA for SPHECIDAE (HYMENOPTERA: APOIDEA) FAUNA of TÜRKİYE

Abstract

This study is based upon material from subfamilies Ammophilinae, Sceliphrinae, and Sphecinae of the family Sphecidae collected from different localities of Türkiye between 2000 and 2021. A total of 27 species belonging to nine genera of three subfamilies have been presented. New provincial and regional records for some species have been given.

Keywords

• Sphecidae
• fauna
• locality records
• solitary wasp
• Türkiye

Thanks

I would like to thank my colleagues who contributed to the collection of samples. I also thank the anonymous reviewers for all their valuable comments and suggestions which helped me to improve the quality of the manuscript.

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