Parnopes grandior (Pallas, 1771)

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Chorology : Turano-European

Italian distribution

 

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Subfamily & Tribe	Chrysidinae (Parnopini)
Genus & species	Parnopes grandior (Pallas, 1771)
Species group	grandior
Original combination	Chrysis grandior Pallas, 1771
Type series	Holotypus (Mus.: Berlin)
Original description	Magnitudo Muscae Carnariae mediocris. Caput thorax et segmentum abdominis primum aureo-viridissima, punctato-scabra: articulus alarum vero testaceus. Abdomen testaceo rubrum, sine nitore, subtus luteum; segmentum terminale subrotundum, marginato-scabrum, ipsoque apices angulo a dorso subcarinato. Thorax pone alas utrinque angulo conico. Scutellum squamula scabra, exstante auctum. Alae fuscae; pedes subtestacei, femoribus tamen sericeo-viridibus. Obs. Circa Samaram.
Synonymy	carnea (Fabricius, 1775), anomala (Block), episcopalis (Block), doursi (Sieb.)
Systematic notes

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World distribution

Type locality
Kimsey & Bohart	Palaearctic: Europe, N Africa, W URSS c
Linsenmaier	CS Europe, Greece, N Africa
Other Authors	Eurasia, N Africa. Corsica (Berland & Bernard, 1938)
Chorology	Turano-European
Distribution notes

Italian distribution sensu Checklist of the species of the Italian Fauna (Strumia, 1995, 2001, 2005)

Macroregion	North (N):	South (S):	Sicily (Si):	Sardinia (Sa):
Endemic

Italian distribution by Administrative Region (Personal evidences and Literature records)

Adm. Region	Personal	Literature	Reference(s)
Piemonte (1)			Buysson, 1890; Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1999; Rosa, 2002, 2005a; Strumia, 2005;
Valle d'Aosta (2)			Grandi, 1954; Rosa, 2002c, 2005a, 2006a; Strumia, 2005;
Lombardia (3)			Rosa, 2002a, 2002b; Rosa, 2004, 2005a;
Trentino A.A. (4)			Dalla Torre & Kohl, 1879; Hellrigl, 1996;
Veneto (5)			Massalongo, 1896; Giordani Soika, 1932 (as P. carnea); Erlandsson, 1972; Negrisolo, 1995; Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1999 (Bembix tarsata Latr., B. oculata Panz., B. olivacea F. (Grandi 1927) and B. rostrata (Grandi 1961)); Rosa, 2005a; Strumia, 2005;
Friuli V.G. (6)			Ducke, 1901 (on flowers of Scabiosa);
Liguria (7)
Emilia Romagna (8)			Grandi, 1927 (host of Bembix integra Panz., B.oculata Latr. and B.olivacea Cyr.), 1934; Zangheri, 1969; Rosa, 2005a, 2005b, 2006b;
Toscana (9)			Rossi, 1790 (as Chrysis carnea); Contarini, 1843 (as P. carnea); Bischoff, 1910; Grandi, 1929, 1936, 1954; Strumia, 1990, 1997 (host of Bembix rostrata (L.)), 2005; Rosa, 2005a; 2006b;
Umbria (10)
Marche (11)
Lazio (12)			Lepri, year? (as P. carnea); Grandi, 1954; Strumia, 2005; Rosa, 2006b;
Abruzzo (13)
Molise (14)
Campania (15)
Puglia (16)
Basilicata (17)
Calabria (18)			Costa, 1882 (as P. carnea); Rosa, 2005a;
Sicilia (19)			De Stefani, 1888; Mocsáry, 1889; Strumia, 2005;
Sardegna (20)
Distribution notes	Reported in Sardinia by Invrea (1952), the specimen belongs to Parnopes grandior linsenmaieri Agnoli, 1995

Help | AiutoBiology of Parnopes grandior (Pallas, 1771)

Known Hosts

Polyphagous
Tenthredinidae
Vespidae
Eumenidae
Masaridae
Sphecidae		Bembix repanda, B. oculata (Berland & Bernard, 1938); Bembix integra Panz., B.oculata Latr. and B.olivacea Cyr. (Grandi, 1927); Bembix integra, B. olivacea, B. rostrata on sandy soil (Grandi, 1961); Bembix bicolor, B. cinctella (Linsenmaier, 1968); B. tarsata, B. oculata (Pagliano, pers.com.); Bembix rostrata (L.) (Strumia, 1997); Bembix rostrata (Witt, 1998); Bembix tarsata Latr., B. oculata Panz., B. olivacea F. (Grandi 1927) and B. rostrata (Grandi 1961) (Pagliano & Scaramozzino, 1999)
Apidae
Colletidae
Halictidae
Megachilidae
Anthophoridae
Lepidoptera

Notes on Hosts

Known Plants & Habitat

Plants for rest	flowers of Scabiosa (Ducke, 1901); Euphorbia (Schmidt, 1977)
Plants for refuge
Habitat	sandy and arid soils (AA.VV.)
Parasites
Biological notes