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Contribution to the knowledge of Hymenoptera from the
Aeolian Archipelago (Sicily), emphasizing Aculeata
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ABSTRACT This study provides the first contribution to the knowledge of the Order Hymenoptera, empha-
sizing Aculeata, for the Aeolian archipelago, based on recent field investigations and examination
of several collections. A total of 169 species belonging to 19 families are recorded: Evaniidae (1
species), Aulacidae (2 species), Gasteruptiidae (3 species), Ichneumonidae (1 species), Leucosp-
idae (1 species), Chrysididae (8 species), Tiphiidae (3 species), Scoliidae (6 species), Mutillidae
(13 species), Pompilidae (6 species), Vespidae (14 species), Sphecidae (6 species), Crabronidae
(24 species), Formicidae (14 species), Colletidae (4 species), Andrenidae (8 species), Halictidae
(29 species), Megachilidae (12 species), Apidae (14 species). Most part of species are newly
recorded for the Aeolian Archipelago, the following being new records for Sicily: Dryudella es-
terinae Pagliano, 2001, Nysson quadriguttatus Spinola, 1808, Miscophus aetoni Saunders, 1903,
Miscophus lusitanicus Andrade, 1952, Cerceris circularis dacica Schletterer, 1887 (Crabronidae),
and Lasioglossum (Dialictus) semilucens (Alfken, 1914) (Halictidae); Miscophus lusitanicus is
also newly recorded for Italy. Combining the available data, a total of 218 species of Hymenoptera
are currently known for the Aeolian Archipelago. The Hymenoptera fauna of these islands is
dominated by widespread Mediterranean or West Palaearctic species, and most of them are also
found in the Western Mediterranean Basin. The study briefly highlights some key points regarding
biogeographical and conservation of this group and its significant role in the management of
ecosystems in the Aeolian Archipelago.
INTRODUCTION
The Aeolian Islands have great importance in
terms of environmental and biological heritage, and
have been recognized by UNESCO as World Heri-
tage Site. This archipelago harbors five protected
areas and several sites of the Nature 2000 network,
and has been also proposed as National Park in
2007, although that has not yet been followed by a
real institution. Both fauna and flora of these islands
are characterized by the occurrence of many species
of biogeographical and conservation interest, inclu-
ding some endemics. The faunal knowledge may be
considered exhaustive for vertebrates, while several
KEY WORDS
Aeolian Archipelago; Sicily; Hymenoptera; faunal list.
Giuseppe Fabrizio Turrisi1*, Giovanni Altadonna2, Pietro Lo Cascio3, Vittorio Nobile4 & Marco Selis5
Biodiversity Journal, 2020,11 (3): 717–750 https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2020.11.3.717.750
Received 21.05.2020; accepted 02.07.2020; published online 30.09.2020
38°21’54” and 38°48’40” latitude North and
14°20’35” and 15°14’70” longitude East of Green-
wich, in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. It includes
seven main islands (Lipari, Salina, Vulcano, Strom-
boli, Filicudi, Alicudi and Panarea) whose surface
ranges from 37.29 to 3.34 km2, and several unin-
habited islets and rocks. The sourthernmost island,
Vulcano, is located 20 km from the Sicily, while the
northernmost, Stromboli, is only 55 far from the
Italian Peninsula (Capo Vaticano). The origin of this
volcanic archipelago is strictly linked to the sub-
duction processes related to the convergence be-
tween African and Euro-Asiatic plates. The islands
are disposed along a semi-arc and represents the top
of a wide volcanic system, that includes also several
sea-mounts. The beginning of the activity in this
area is dated back about 1,000,000 years ago, but
the actual islands emerged during the last 300,000
years and some of them (for instance, Alicudi,
Stromboli and Vulcano) are rather “young”, with an
estimated age of less than 100,000 years. Currently
there are only three active volcanoes, namely
Stromboli, Gran Cratere or La Fossa on Vulcano
and a sub-marine crater off the eastern coast of
Panarea. The first human settlements in the
archipelago are dated to the end of 6th millennium
B.C., hence the islands have undergone to a long-
term anthropization; this trait play a significant role
in their actual landscape, that is widely character-
ized by terraced agricultural lands, mostly aban-
doned since the dramatic economical crisis that
involved the local communities between late 19th
and the first half of the 20th century. Currently these
areas host a complex mosaic of xeric grasslands,
garrigues and maquis, with more mature and struc-
turated spots of the latter occurring on the top and
the inner part of some islands (Salina, Lipari, Fil-
icudi) (Lo Cascio, 2017).
Materials
Data provided in the present paper include the
records given in literature and those obtained from
the museum and private collections of the authors
and several colleagues. The most part of the field
surveys was done on the islands of Lipari and Vul-
cano, but some investigations were carried out on
other islands. The specimens were gathered mainly
through traditional collecting-methods (hand net),
but also yellow-pan traps, Moericke traps, wine
groups of invertebrates remain still less investigated
(Lo Cascio, 2017).
Among them, the hymenopterans have been only
poorly studied despite their ecological importance,
e.g., for the pollination of wild plants and crops as
well as for the biological control of many groups of
Arthropods. Data on the Hymenoptera from these
islands are scanty and scattered in a wide literature,
which includes monographs, collection’s and taxo-
nomic reviews (Santschi, 1927, 1934; Baroni Ur-
bani, 1964, 1971; Warncke, 1981; Pagliano, 1987;
Gayubo et al., 1988; Matteini Palmerini, 1992; Pa-
gliano & Nobile, 1993; Ebmer, 1995; Olmi, 1999;
Sanetra et al., 1999; Czösz & Schulz, 2010; Vicido-
mini et al., 2005; Boni Bartalucci, 2012; Pavesi &
Rosa, 2013; Borowiec et al., 2015; Turrisi et al.,
2015; Seifert, 2016; Korenko, 2017; Scupola, 2019),
the “Checklist of Italian fauna” (Comba & Comba,
2005; Generani et al., 2005; Olmi, 2005; Strumia,
2005), papers related to apicolture and/or biological
control (Monastero & Genduso, 1964a, 1964b; Mo-
nastero, 1965; Monastero & Delaonoue, 1965,
1966a, 1966b, Genduso & Mineo, 1974; Dall’Olio
et al., 2008; Daane & Johnson, 2010; Bouga et al.,
2011; Tenore et al., 2012; Muñoz et al., 2014; Utzeri
et al., 2018) and faunal papers concerning Italian pe-
ninsular and insular areas or other islands (Kutter,
1927; Baccetti, 1967; Focarile, 1972; Nobile & Tur-
risi, 1996; Lo Cascio et al., 1998; Mei, 1998, 2008;
Turrisi, 1999; Lo Cascio & Navarra, 2003; Borsato
& Turrisi, 2004; Lo Cascio, 2004, 2015; Lo Cascio
& Romano, 2004; Lo Cascio et al., 2006; Jucker et
al., 2008; Ceccolini & Barbagli, 2014; Queiroz &
Alves, 2016; Turrisi & Altadonna, 2017; Korenko
& Di Giovanni, 2019), while just few papers are spe-
cifically referred to the fauna of the Aeolian Archi-
pelago, although not exclusively dedicated to
Hymenoptera (Costantino, 1937; Lo Cascio, 2004).
The aim of this paper is to update the knowledge
of the Hymenoptera of the Aeolian Archipelago th-
rough the study of the material from several private
and museum collections and that collected during
recent field surveys.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Study area
The Aeolian Archipelago (Fig. 1) lies between
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traps and light traps have been used. For each
species treated, we provide:
1) list of material examined;
2) distribution;
3) remarks, including eventual previous records.
The list of species is arranged according to the
“Checklist della Fauna d’Italia” (Ruffo & Stock,
2005).
ACRONYMS. GAC: Giovanni Altadonna,
Messina, Italy; WBC: Walter Borsato,Verona, Italy;
DSCC: Dipartimento Scienze Biologiche, Geo-
logiche e Ambientali, Università di Catania,
Sezione Biologia Animale, Italy; PLCC: Pietro Lo
Cascio, Lipari, Italy; MMC: Maurizio Mei, Roma,
Italy; RAC: Museo Regionale di Terrasini (Coll. R.
Alliata), Terrasini (Palermo), Italy; PNC: Pietro
Niolu, Sassari, Italy; VNC: Vittorio Nobile, Ragusa,
Italy; MRC: Marcello Romano, Capaci (Palermo),
Italy; MSC: Marco Selis, Viterbo, Italy; GFTC:
Giuseppe FabrizioTurrisi, Pedara (Catania), Italy;
CVC: Carlo Violani, Milan, Italy.
RESULTS
A total of 169 species are herein recorded for the
Aeolian Archipelago, belonging to 19 families:
Evaniidae (1 species), Aulacidae (2 species),
Gasteruptiidae (3 species), Ichneumonidae (1
species), Leucospidae (1 species), Chrysididae (8
species), Tiphiidae (3 species), Scoliidae (6 species),
Mutillidae (13 species), Pompilidae (6 species),
Sphecidae (6 species), Crabronidae (24 species),
Vespidae (14 species), Formicidae (14 species), Col-
letidae (4 species), Andrenidae (8 species), Halictidae
(29 species), Megachilidae (12 species), Apidae (14
species). A summary of the distribution of Hy-
menoptera on the Aeolian Archipelago, including
records from literature, is provided in Table 1.
Faunal list
EVANIIDAE
Zeuxevania splendidula (Costa, 1884) (Fig. 2)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.VI.
1997, 3 females, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
AULACIDAE
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Figure 1. Localization of the study area.
Pristaulacus galitae (Gribodo, 1879)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 28.VI.18. VII.
2008, 2 males, 2 females, M. Mei leg., G.F. Turrisi
det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago,
known from many other Mediterranean islands,
e.g., Maltese Islands (Turrisi, 2007; Turrisi & Rattu,
2019).
Pristaulacus lindae Turrisi, 2000 (Fig. 3)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 28.VI.-18.VII.
2008, 1 female, M. Mei leg., G.F. Turrisi det.
(GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Described from Sicily (Turrisi, 2000), subsequently
recorded from other localities from Eastern Sicily
(Turrisi, 2007), it has recently been recorded from
Iberian Peninsula (Carbonell-Font & Turrisi, 2017).
GASTERUPTIIDAE
Gasteruption assectator (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castellaro, 23. VI.
1998, 1 female, B. Carletti, B. Cecchi, L. Dapporto,
P. Lo Cascio, C. Moreno leg., G.F. Turrisi det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Holoarctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Gasteruption erythrostomum (Dahlbom, 1831)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Urnazzo, 2. VI.
1997, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Gasteruption jaculator (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.
VII. 1999, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det.
(GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
ICHNEUMONIDAE
Eutanyacra picta (Schrank, 1776) (Fig. 4)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 4. VI. 1997,
1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic and Oriental.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
LEUCOSPIDAE
Leucospis gigas Fabricius, 1793 (Fig. 5)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7. VI.
1997, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian (southern part).
The record from Nearctic requires confirmation.
REMARKS. New for Lipari, previously observed
and photographed in Stromboli on 12.06.2011
(https://www.naturamediterraneo.com/forum/topic.
asp?TOPIC_ID=146201). It is primarily associated
with Megachilidae (Noyes, 2019), and among the
known hosts there are two large Megachile (Chali-
codoma): M. (C.) parietina (Geoffroy, 1785) and
M. (C.) sicula Rossi, 1792, both collected in Lipari,
the former one in the same place and in the same
time along a dry-stone wall.
CHRYSIDIDAE
Hedychridium cf. mediocrum Linsenmaier, 1987
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Salina: Monte Fossa delle
Felci, VII.2017, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Rosa det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago and
Sicily.
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Felci, VII.2017, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Rosa
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Chrysis scutellaris Fabricius, 1794
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Filicudi: Capo Graziano,
26.VI.2016, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Rosa det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. West European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Pseudochrysis neglecta (Shuckard, 1837)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 20. IV.
2009, 1 spec., P. Lo Cascio & F. Grita leg., P. Rosa
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
TIPHIIDAE
Tiphia lepeletieri Berland, 1925
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Monte Chirica, 26.
IX.1996, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi
det. (PLCC); Vallone Muria, VII.1999, 1 male, Mo-
ericke trap, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi det.
(PLCC); Castellaro, IX.1998, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio
leg., G.F. Turrisi det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Italian.
REMARKS. Known from Sicily (Boni Bartalucci,
2012, 2013), new for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Meria dorsalis (Fabricius, 1804) (Fig. 8)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Urnazzo, 30. VII.
1996, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi det.
(PLCC); Chiesa Vecchia, 7.VII.1999, 2 females, on
flowers of cultivated Petroselinum, G.F. Turrisi leg.
and det. (GFTC). Vulcano: Piano, 330 m a.s.l.,
18.VIII.2015, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg., G.F. Tur-
risi det. (GAC); 9-22.VIII.2015, 2 females, G. Alta-
donna leg., yellow-pan trap, G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
Hedychrum cf. micans ssp. europaeum Lin-
senmaier, 1959
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Salina: Monte Fossa delle
Felci, 22.V.2009, P. Lo Cascio & F. Grita leg., P.
Rosa det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. West European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Holopyga fervida (Fabricius, 1781) (Fig. 6)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Alicudi: VII.2013, 2 fe-
males, P. Lo Cascio & F. Grita leg., P. Rosa det.
(PLCC). Vulcano, crater, VII.2016, 1female, P. Lo
Cascio leg., P. Rosa det. (PLCC); Lipari, Palmeto,
V.2016, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Rosa det.
(PLCC). Panarea, Soldata, 20.V.2009, 1 female, P.
Lo Cascio & F. Grita leg., P. Rosa det. (PLCC).
Stromboli, Nel Cannestra, V.2016, 1 female, P. Lo
Cascio leg., P. Rosa det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Pseudomalus auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
Lipari: Palmeto, 20.VI.1998, 1 female, B. Carletti et
al. leg., G.F. Turrisi det. (PLCC). Lipari: Monte
Guardia, IV.2009, 3 females, P. Lo Cascio & F. Grita
leg., reared from wood, G.F. Turrisi det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Holarctic.
REMARKS. Recently recorded from Lipari by
Pavesi & Rosa (2013).
Chrysis cf. auriceps Mader, 1936
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea: Soldata, 230 m
a.s.l., 21.VIII.2015, 2 specs., G. Altadonna leg., yel-
low-pan trap, P. Rosa det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Chrysis cerastes Abeille De Perrin, 1877 (Fig. 7)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Salina: Monte Fossa delle
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DISTRIBUTION. European Asian.
REMARKS. Recorded from Lipari by Boni Bar-
talucci (2012), is newly recorded for Vulcano.
Meria tripunctata (Rossi, 1790)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria,
VII.1999, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., Moericke
trap, G.F. Turrisi det. (PLCC). Vulcano: Piano, 330
m a.s.l., 13.VIII.2015, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg.,
G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC); 9-22.VIII.2015, 3 females,
G. Altadonna leg., yellow-pan trap, M. Selis det.
(GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded from Lipari by Boni Bar-
talucci (2012), is newly recorded for Vulcano.
SCOLIIDAE
Megascolia (Regiscolia) maculata ssp. flavifrons
(Fabricius, 1775)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7. VI.
1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC);
Vulcano: Piani di Luccia, 2.VI.2012, 1 male, G. Al-
tadonna leg. and det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari and Salina by
Generani et al., (2005) and for Vulcano, as Megas-
colia maculata (Drury, 1773), by Ceccolini &
Barbagli (2014).
Megascolia bidens (Fabricius, 1775)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 2. VI.
2011, 2 males, G. Altadonna leg. and det. (GAC)
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari and Vulcano by
Generani et al. (2005).
Scolia hirta (Schrank, 1781)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det.
(GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Scolia carbonaria (Linnaeus, 1767) (Fig. 9)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.
VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
Lipari: Castello environs, 8.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F.
Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Italian Maghrebian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Colpa (Colpa) sexmaculata (Fabricius, 1781)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Monte Aria, 405
m a.s.l., 16.VIII.2014, 2 males, G. Altadonna leg.,
G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC, MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. Southern Europe.
REMARKS. Previously recorded for “Stromboli,
loc. Malpasseddu (Lipari, ME) 13.VII.2000, F.
Barbagli & S. Lotti [leg.]” and “Lipari, Monte
Guardia (ME) 25.VIII.1996, P. Lo Cascio [leg.]” by
Ceccolini & Barbagli (2014), is newly recorded for
Vulcano.
Dasyscolia ciliata (Fabricius, 1787)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 10.VIII.2013, 1 male, G. Altadonna leg., G.F.
Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
MUTILLIDAE
Bidecoloratilla leopoldina (Invrea, 1955)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Quattropani, 7.
VI.1997, 1 male, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det.
(GFTC) (quoted in Turrisi, 1999, and Turrisi et al.,
2015); Vallone Muria, IX.1995, VII-VIII.1996,
3.VI.1997, 3.VIII.1997, 9 males, 12 females, P. Lo
Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLCC); Madoro, 21.VIII.1996, 25.II.1996, 8
males, 5 females, P. Lo Cascio & S. Pasta leg., P.
Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Falcone,
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6.V.2002, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Ro-
mano det. (PLCC) (this material is quoted in Lo
Cascio & Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Matteini
Palmerini (1992) and Turrisi (1999), Lipari and Fil-
icudi by Lo Cascio & Romano (2004), Lipari, Vul-
cano, Salina, Filicudi and Panarea by Lo Cascio
(2015).
Ronisia ghilianii (Spinola, 1843)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: 3.X.1976, 1 fe-
male, B. Massa leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano
det. (MRC); Cappero, VII.1995, 1 female, P. Lo
Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLCC); Vallone Muria, VII.1995, 13.VIII.1996,
3.VI.1997, 4 females, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cas-
cio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Timpone Ricotta,
3.VI.1997, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cas-
cio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Palmeto,
VIII.1998, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cas-
cio & M. Romano det. (PLCC). Panarea: Punta del
Corvo, 26.V.2000, 1female, P. Lo Cascio & C.
Moreno Camacho leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano
det. (PLCC) (quoted in Lo Cascio & Romano,
2004).
DISTRIBUTION. West Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari and Panarea by
Lo Cascio & Romano (2004), quoted in Lo Cascio
(2015).
Tropidotilla litoralis (Petagna, 1787)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: 1 female, M.G. Di
Palma leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (MRC)
(this material is quoted in Lo Cascio & Romano,
2004).
DISTRIBUTION. European Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Lo Cascio et
al., (1998), Lo Cascio & Romano (2004) and for Li-
pari and Vulcano by Lo Cascio (2015).
Nemka viduata ssp. viduata (Pallas, 1773)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Quattropani, 7. VI.
1997, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC)
30.III.1997, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cas-
cio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Timpone Ricotta,
3.VI.1997, 1 male, 6 females, P. Lo Cascio leg., P.
Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLCC) (quoted in
Lo Cascio & Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. West Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded as Blakeius leopoldinus
(Invrea, 1955) for Lipari by Turrisi (1999) and Lo
Cascio & Romano (2004); for Salina and Vulcano
by Lo Cascio (2015).
Myrmilla (Myrmilla) calva (Villers, 1789)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Cappero, 19.VII.1995,
2 females, P. Lo Cascio & S. Pasta leg., P. Lo Cas-
cio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Timpone Ospedale,
18.IV.1996, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cas-
cio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Vallone Muria,
VII.-VIII.1996, 3.VI.1997, 8 females, P. Lo Cascio
leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLCC);
Madoro, 21.VIII.1996, 3 females, P. Lo Cascio &
S. Pasta leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLCC); Timpone Ricotta, VIII.1996, 3.VI.1997,
4.X.1997, 27.V.1998, 20.VI.1998, 1 male, 13 fe-
males, P. Lo Cascio leg. et al., P. Lo Cascio & M.
Romano det. (PLCC). Vulcano: Capo Grillo,
27.V.1983, 1 female, M. Romano leg., P. Lo Cascio
& M. Romano det. (MRC); Gran Cratere, 4.VI.
1997, 2 females, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio &
M. Romano det. (PLCC) (this material is quoted in
Lo Cascio & Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. European Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari and Vulcano by
Lo Cascio & Romano (2004), quoted in Lo Cascio
(2015).
Ronisia brutia ssp. brutia (Petagna, 1787)
(Fig. 10)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Monte Sant’An-
gelo, 28.VI.1966, 1 female, V. Nobile leg., G.F.
Turrisi det. (quoted in Turrisi, 1999); Cappero,
25.V.1996, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio
& M. Romano det. (PLCC); Palmeto, 10.VII.1996,
1 female, A. Nistri & S. Vanni leg., P. Lo Cascio &
M. Romano det. (CVC); Quattropani, 3.V.2001, 1
female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Ro-
mano det. (PLCC). Filicudi, Zucco Grande,
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(quoted in Turrisi, 1999); Cappero, VII.1995, 1 fe-
male, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano
det. (PLCC); Palmeto, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio & V.
Pancioli leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLCC); Vallone dei Lacci, VIII.1995, 1 female, P.
Lo Cascio & V. Pancioli leg., P. Lo Cascio & M.
Romano det. (PLCC); Timpone Ricotta, 8.X.1996,
3.VI.1997, 3 females, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cas-
cio & M. Romano det. (PLCC). Vulcano:
1.VI.1956, 1 female, E. Di Napoli leg., P. Lo Cascio
& M. Romano det. (RAC); 3-17.VII.1993, 1 fe-
male, M. Mei leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(MMC); Gran Cratere, 4.VI.1997, 4 females, P. Lo
Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLCC, MRC) (this material is quoted in Lo Cascio
& Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Turrisi
(1999), for Lipari and Vulcano by Lo Cascio & Ro-
mano (2004) and for Stromboli and the above men-
tioned islands by Lo Cascio (2015).
Physetopoda pusilla (Klug, 1835)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria,
18.VII.1996, 13.VIII.1996, 3 females, P. Lo Cascio
leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLCC);
Fontanelle, 19.VIII.1996, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio &
S. Pasta leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLCC) (this material is quoted in Lo Cascio & Ro-
mano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Lo Cascio &
Romano (2004), quoted in Lo Cascio (2015).
Smicromyrme ausonia Invrea, 1950
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria,
13.VIII.1996, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cas-
cio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Castellaro,
21.VIII.1999, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio & C. Moreno
Camacho leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLCC) (this material is quoted in Lo Cascio & Ro-
mano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Lo Cascio &
Romano (2004), quoted in Lo Cascio (2015).
Smicromyrme ruficollis (Fabricius, 1794)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: S. Lucia, VIII.
1996, 1 male (light trap), P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo
Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Fontanelle,
19.VIII.1996, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio & S. Pasta
leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLCC); Val-
lone Muria, VIII-IX.1998, 7 males, P. Lo Cascio
leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLCC).
Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993, 1 female, M. Mei leg., P.
Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (MMC); Monte
Lentia, 4.VI.1997, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P.
Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLCC). Stromboli:
Scari, 24.VI.1998, 1 male (light trap), B. Carletti
et al., leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLCC) (this material is quoted in Lo Cascio &
Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari, Vulcano and
Stromboli by Lo Cascio & Romano (2004), quoted
in Lo Cascio (2015).
Smicromyrme sulcisia Invrea, 1955
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Cappero, VIII.
1995, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio &
M. Romano det. (PLC); Vallone Muria, VII-
VIII.1996, 3.VI.1997, 1 male, 7 females, P. Lo Cas-
cio leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLC).
Vulcano: Monte Lentia, 4.VI.1997, 1 male, 4 fe-
males, P. Lo Cascio leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Ro-
mano det. (PLC); Gran Cratere, 4.VI.1997,
22.VI.1998, 3 females, P. Lo Cascio et al. leg., P.
Lo Cascio & M. Romano det. (PLC); Piano,
23.V.2000, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio and C. Moreno
Camacho leg., P. Lo Cascio & M. Romano det.
(PLC) (quoted in Lo Cascio & Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari and Vulcano by
Lo Cascio & Romano (2004) as S. ingauna Invrea,
1958 (see also Lo Cascio, 2015).
Smicromyrme trinotata (A. Costa, 1858)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria,
VII. 1995, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg. and det. (PLC)
(quoted in Lo Cascio & Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. Sicilian Sardinian Corsican.
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Anoplius viaticus (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Quattropani, 6.
VI.1997, 4 males, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Aporus bicolor Spinola, 1808 (Fig. 12)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Urnazzo, 30. VII.
1996, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi det.
(PLCC). Lipari: Quattropani, 6.VI.1997, 1 female,
G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Maghrebian Anatolian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Auplopus carbonarius (Scopoli, 1763)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.
VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
Lipari: Castello environs, 8.VI.1997, 1f emale, G.F.
Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic (introduced in North
America).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Priocnemis (Priocnemis) propinqua (Lepel-
letier, 1845)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.
VI.1997, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg.-det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
VESPIDAE
Leptochilus (Neoleptochilus) regulus (Saus-
sure, 1855)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993,
1 male, M. Mei leg., W. Borsato det. (WBC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. The material examined is quoted in
Borsato & Turrisi (2004).
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Lo Cascio &
Romano (2004) as S. prope melanolepis (Costa,
1884) (see also Lo Cascio 2015).
Smicromyrme partita (Klug, 1835)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria,
VII.1995, VII-VIII.1996, 14.X.1996, 3.VI.1997,
9female, P. Lo Cascio leg. and det. (PLC) (quoted
in Lo Cascio & Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. The species is recorded for Lipari as
Smicromyrme partita sensu lato by Lo Cascio &
Romano (2004) due to the lack of males, hence the
identification needs further study for confirmation.
Dasylabris maura ssp. maura (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Timpone Ricotta,
4.X.1997, 27.V.1998, 20.IV.1998, 1 male, 3 fe-
males, P. Lo Cascio leg. and det. (PLC) (quoted in
Lo Cascio & Romano, 2004).
DISTRIBUTION. European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Lo Cascio &
Romano (2004), quoted in Lo Cascio (2015).
POMPILIDAE
Pompilus cinereus Fabricius, 1798 (Fig. 11)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Monte Lentia,
4.VI.1997, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., on sand,
G.F. Turrisi det. (PLCC). Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 9-22.VIII.2015, 2 males, G. Altadonna leg.,
yellow-pan trap, G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Maghrebian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Agenioideus ciliatus (Lepelletier, 1845)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Timpone Ricotta,
27.V.1998, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Anatolian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
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Stenodynerus fastidiosissimus ssp. fastidio-
sissimus (Saussure, 1855)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993,
1 male, M. Mei leg., W. Borsato det. (WBC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. The material examined is quoted in
Borsato & Turrisi (2004).
Ancistrocerus auctus ssp. auctus (Fabricius, 1793)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari, 8.VI.1997, 1 male,
G.F. Turrisi leg. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian.
REMARKS. The material examined is quoted in
Borsato & Turrisi (2004).
Ancistrocerus gazella (Panzer, 1798)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: VII.1993, 1
male, M. Mei leg., W. Borsato det. (WBC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic (introduced in North
America and New Zealand).
REMARKS. The material examined is quoted in
Borsato & Turrisi (2004).
Ancistrocerus longispinosus ssp. longispinosus
(Saussure, 1855)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: main town, 8.
VI.1997, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg., W. Borsato
det. (GFTC) (quoted in Borsato & Turrisi, 2004).
Salina, 7.IV.1990, 1 female, M. Mei leg., W. Bor-
sato det. (WBC) (quoted in Borsato & Turrisi,
2004). Vulcano: VII.1993, 1 female, M. Mei leg.,
W. Borsato det. (WBC) (quoted in Borsato & Tur-
risi, 2004); Piano, 330 m a.s.l., 2.VI.2012, 1 spec-
imen, G. Altadonna leg., M. Selis det. (MSC);
ibidem, 9.VIII.2013, 1 specimen, G. Altadonna
leg., M. Selis det. (GAC); ibidem, 16.VIII.2014,
1 specimen, G. Altadonna leg., M. Selis det.
(GAC); ibidem, 19.VIII.2014, 1 specimen, G. Al-
tadonna leg., yellow-pan trap, M. Selis det.
(MSC); ibidem, 22.VIII.2014, 1 specimen, G. Al-
tadonna leg., yellow-pan trap, M. Selis det.
(MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Previously recorded for Vulcano, LI-
pari and Salina by Borsato & Turrisi (2004).
Eumenes coarctatus ssp. maroccanus Gusen-
leitner, 1972
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: VII.1993, 1
male, M. Mei leg., W. Borsato det. (WBC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Maghrebian.
REMARKS. The material examined is quoted in
Borsato & Turrisi (2004).
Eumenes mediterraneus ssp. mediterraneus
Kriechbaumer, 1879
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.
VI.1997, 1 male, 3 females, G.F. Turrisi leg., W.
Borsato det. (GFTC) (quoted in Borsato & Turrisi,
2004). Vulcano: Piano, 330 m a.s.l., 9-22.VIII.2015,
2 females, G. Altadonna leg., yellow-pan trap, M.
Selis det. (MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Borsato &
Turrisi (2004), newly recorded for Vulcano.
Delta unguiculatum (Villers, 1789) (Fig. 13)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Monte Guardia,
2.VI.1997, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European West Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Rynchium oculatum (Fabricius, 1781)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: crater,
VII.2017, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean South West Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Vespa crabro ssp. crabro Linnaeus, 1758
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 9.VIII.2015, 1 male, G. Altadonna leg., wine
trap, M. Selis det. (GAC).
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DISTRIBUTION. European Asian. This species is
widely introduced in the Nearctic and Southern
Hemisphere.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Polistes (Polistes) dominula (Christ, 1791)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 21.VIII.2014, 1 male, G. Altadonna leg., M.
Selis det. (GAC); ibidem, 9-22.VIII.2015, 1male,
G. Altadonna leg., yellow-pan trap, M. Selis det.
(MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Maghrebian (intro-
duced to South Africa, Australia and America).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
The taxonomic concept and distribution of the
species belonging to the genus Polistes Latreille
herein identified follow the recent review of
Schmid-Egger et al., (2017).
Polistes (Polistes) gallicus (Linnaeus, 1767)
(Fig. 14)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea, 23.VI.1967, 2 fe-
males, Sulfaro leg., M. Selis det. (GFTC). Vulcano,
12.IV.1968, 1 female, G. Marcuzzi leg., M. Selis
det. (GFTC); Vulcano: Capo Secco, 16.VIII.2015,
2 females, G. Altadonna leg., M. Selis det. (GAC);
Vulcano: Piano, 330 m a.s.l., 19.VIII.2014, 1 spec-
imen, G. Altadonna leg., yellow-pan trap, M. Selis
det. (MSC); Piano, 9-22.VIII.2015, 9 females, 2
males, G. Altadonna leg., yellow-pan trap, M. Selis
det. (MSC); ibidem, 12-18.VIII.2016, 5 specimens,
G. Altadonna leg., yellow-pan trap, M. Selis det.
(MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Polistes (Polistes) nimpha (Christ, 1791)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 9-22.VIII.2015, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg.,
yellow pan trap, M. Selis det. (MSC); ibidem, 12-
18.VIII.2016, yellow pan trap, 2 specimens, G. Al-
tadonna leg., M. Selis det. (MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Vespula (Paravespula) germanica (Fabricius,
1793)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Gelso, 30.
VIII.2014, 1 specimen, G. Altadonna leg., M. Selis
det. (MSC); Vulcano: Piano, 3.III.2019, 1 speci-
men, G. Altadonna leg., G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC). Li-
pari: Canneto, 21.II.1966, 1 female, M. La Greca
leg., G.F. Turrisi det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic (largely introduced
and widespread in the Nearctic).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
SPHECIDAE
Sceliphron destillatorium (Illiger, 1807)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea, 18.VI.1967, 1 fe-
male, Sulfaro leg., G.F. Turrisi det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Palaearctic.
REMARKS. Recorded for Panarea by Turrisi &
Altadonna (2017).
Sceliphron spirifex (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 6.VII.2012, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg., G.F.
Turrisi det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. Recorded for Vulcano by Turrisi &
Altadonna (2017), already known for other circum-
sicilian islands (Ustica and Lampedusa) (Riggio &
De Stefani Perez, 1888; Pagliano & Scaramozzino,
1995).
Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria, 14.
VII.1995, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Prionyx subfuscatus (Dahlbom, 1845) (Fig. 15)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Timpone Ricotta,
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8.X.1996, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Prionyx lividocinctus (A. Costa, 1858)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Contrada San
Giorgio, 15.X.1967, 1 male, Cirotti leg., G.F. Tur-
risi det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Sphex funerarius Gussakovskij, 1934
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Monte Chirica,
26.IX.1996, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi
det. (PLCC); Lipari: Madoro, 21.VIII.1996, 1 male,
P. Lo Cascio & S. Pasta leg., G.F. Turrisi det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
CRABRONIDAE
Dryudella esterinae Pagliano, 2001 (Fig. 16)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria, 3.
VI.1997, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., G.F. Turrisi det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago and
Sicily.
Dryudella tricolor (Van der Linden, 1829)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7. VI.
1997, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Harpactus laevis (Latreille, 1792)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria,
VII.1999, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., Moericke trap,
G.F. Turrisi det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Nysson quadriguttatus Spinola, 1808
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 9.VI. 20
13, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg., yellow pan trap,
G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago and
Sicily.
Crossocerus distinguendus (Morawitz, 1866)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. et det. (GFTC).
Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi
leg. et det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Maghrebian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Crossocerus quadrimaculatus (Fabricius, 1793)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.VI.
1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. et det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lestica clypeata (Schreber, 1759) (Fig. 17)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Urnazzo, 2.VI.
1997, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., on Daucus sp., G.F.
Turrisi det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Tracheliodes quinquenotatus (Jurine,1807)
(Fig. 18)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.VI.
1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. et det. (GFTC). Vul-
cano: Piano, 330 m a.s.l., 9-22.VIII.2015, 2 males,
G. Altadonna leg., yellow pan trap, G.F. Turrisi det.
(GAC).
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Figures 2–14. Hymenoptera of Aeolian Archipelago (not in scale). Fig. 2: Zeuxevania splendidula female (Lipari). Fig. 3:
Pristaulacus lindae female (Vulcano). Fig. 4: Eutanyacra picta female (Vulcano). Fig. 5: Leucospis gigas female (Lipari).
Fig. 6: Holopyga fervida female (Lipari). Fig. 7: Chrysis cerastes female (Salina). Fig. 8: Meria dorsalis female (Lipari).
Fig. 9: Scolia carbonaria male (Lipari). Fig. 10: Ronisia brutia female (Lipari). Fig. 11: Pompilus cinereus female (Vulcano).
Fig. 12: Aporus bicolor female (Lipari). Fig. 13: Delta unguiculatum male (Lipari). Fig. 14: Polistes gallicus worker
(Lipari).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Tachysphex costae (De Stefani-Perez, 1882)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 9.VI.
2013, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg., yellow pan trap,
G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. Southern West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Tachysphex nitidior Beaumont, 1940
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 9.VI.
2013, 1 male, G. Altadonna leg., yellow pan trap,
G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. Southern West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Miscophus eatoni Saunders, 1903
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 9-22.VIII.2015, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg.,
yellow pan trap, M. Selis det. (MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago and
Sicily.
Miscophus lusitanicus Andrade, 1952
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea: Soldata, 230 m
a.s.l., 21.VIII.2015, 1 male, G. Altadonna leg., yel-
low pan trap, G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Anatolian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago;
first record for Italy.
Miscophus pretiosus Kohl, 1884
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 9-22.VIII.2015, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg.,
yellow-pan trap, G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Anatolian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Solierella compedita (Piccioli, 1869)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria,
VII.1999, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., Moericke trap,
G.F. Turrisi det. (PLCC). Panarea: Soldata, 230 m
a.s.l., 21.VIII.2015, 2 males, G. Altadonna leg., yel-
low-pan trap, M. Selis det. (MSC); ibidem,
21.VIII.2015, 2 males, G. Altadonna leg., yellow-
pan trap, G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Pison atrum (Spinola, 1808)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det.
(GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Trypoxylon kolazyi Kohl, 1893
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 2 males, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det.
(GFTC). Vulcano: Piano, 330 m a.s.l., 9-
22.VIII.2015, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg., yellow
pan trap, G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Anatolian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Recently recorded for Sicily (Schmid-Egger, 2003;
Tomarchio & Turrisi, 2006) and Lampedusa
(Pagliano, 2003).
Trypoxylon deceptorium Antropov, 1991
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 9-22.VIII.2015, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg.,
yellow pan trap, M. Selis det. (MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. European South West Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Recently recorded for Sicily by Tomarchio & Tur-
risi (2006).
Trypoxylon scutatum Chevrier, 1867
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
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8.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det.
(GFTC). Vulcano: Piano, 330 m a.s.l., 9-
22.VIII.2015, 3 females, G. Altadonna leg., yellow
pan trap, M. Selis det. (GAC); ibidem, 12-
18.VIII.2016, 2 specimens, G. Altadonna leg., yel-
low pan trap, M. Selis det. (MSC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Anatolian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Ammoplanus perrisi Giraud, 1869
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Passaloecus pictus Ribaut, 1952
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.VI.
1997, 2 females, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
Lipari: Castello environs, 8.VI.1997, 7 females,
G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Anatolian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Recorded for Sicily by Schmid-Egger (2003) and
Tomarchio & Turrisi (2006).
Pemphredon austriaca (Kohl, 1888)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.VI.
1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Mimesa grandii Maidl, 1933 (Fig. 19)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg. et det.
(GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Cerceris circularis ssp. dacica Schletterer, 1887
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg. et det., on Dau-
cus sp. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago and
Sicily.
Philanthus coarctatus ssp. siculus Giordani
Soika, 1944 (Fig. 20)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 4 males, G.F. Turrisi leg. et det., on Dau-
cus sp. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Italian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
FORMICIDAE
Aphaenogaster pallida (Nylander, 1848)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Filicudi: Fossa delle Felci,
1.I.1997, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
Lisca Bianca: 7.IV.1996, P. Lo Cascio & V. Pancioli
leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South East European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari (Kutter, 1927)
and Salina (Schär et al., 2020), is newly recorded
for Filicudi and the islet Lisca Bianca.
Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille, 1798)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Strombolicchio: 29.
VI.1998, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean European.
REMARKS. Recorded for all the main islands ex-
cept Vulcano (Schär et al., 2020), is newly recorded
for the islet Strombolicchio.
Camponotus lateralis (Olivier, 1791)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Monte Lentia,
4.VI.1997, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Turanian.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari (Kutter, 1927),
Vulcano (Baroni Urbani, 1964), Salina, Stromboli,
Filicudi and Panarea (Schär et al., 2020).
Camponotus micans (Nylander, 1856)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Timpone Ricotta,
8.X.1996, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari (Kutter, 1927),
Salina, Vulcano and Filicudi (Schär et al., 2020).
Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Timpone Ricotta,
8.X.1996, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
Filicudi: Fossa delle Felci, 1.I.1997, P. Lo Cascio
leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC). Alicudi: Pianicello,
2.IV.1997, P. Lo Cascio & G. Serra leg., F. Rigato
det. (PLCC). Strombolicchio: 6.VIII.1994, P. Lo
Cascio & V. Pancioli leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC);
29.VI.1998, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det.
(PLCC). Scoglio Faraglione: 5.VIII.1994, P. Lo
Cascio & V. Pancioli leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Italian.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari (Kutter, 1927),
the islet Strombolicchio (Lo Cascio, 2004), Salina,
Vulcano, Stromboli, Filicudi and Panarea (Schär et
al., 2020), is newly recorded for Alicudi and the
islet Scoglio Faraglione.
Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1791)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria, 14.
X.1998, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari (Kutter, 1927),
Salina (Monastero & Genduso, 1964b), Vulcano,
Stromboli, Filicudi and Panarea (Schär et al.,
2020).
Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Strombolicchio: 25.VI.
1998, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Turanian.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari, Salina, Vulcano
and Panarea (Schär et al., 2020), is newly recorded
for the islet Strombolicchio.
Messor capitatus (Latreille, 1798)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Timpone Ricotta,
8.X.1996, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC);
Fuardo, 9.X.1996, P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari (Kutter, 1927;
Baccetti, 1967; Schär et al., 2020).
Messor minor ssp. calabricus Santschi, 1927
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lisca Bianca: 7.IV.1996,
P. Lo Cascio & V. Pancioli leg., F. Rigato det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Southern Italian.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lisca Bianca (Lo Cas-
cio & Navarra, 2003).
Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Fuardo, 9.X.1996,
P. Lo Cascio leg., F. Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South East European.
REMARKS. Already recorded for Lipari (Kutter,
1927).
Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Stromboli: path to the
crater, 400 m a.s.l., 24.X.1996, P. Lo Cascio leg., F.
Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari (Kutter, 1927),
Filicudi (Seifert, 2016), Salina, Vulcano, Stromboli
and Panarea (Schär et al., 2020).
Plagiolepis pallescens Lomnicki, 1925
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Strombolicchio: 6.IV.1996,
P. Lo Cascio & V. Pancioli leg., F. Rigato det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Palaearctic.
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REMARKS. Recorded for all the main islands ex-
cept Filicudi (Schär et al., 2020), is newly recorded
for the islet Strombolicchio.
Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1802)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Alicudi: Pianicello,
2.IV.1997, P. Lo Cascio & G. Serra leg., F. Rigato
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European.
REMARKS. Recorded for Alicudi (Lo Cascio et
al., 2006), Lipari and Salina (Schär et al., 2020).
Tetramorium punctatum Santschi, 1927
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Scoglio Faraglione: 6.
VIII.1994, P. Lo Cascio & V. Pancioli leg., F.
Rigato det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. East Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari (Kutter, 1927 as
T. semilaeve; Santschi, 1927 as T. semilaeve var. li-
pareum nov.; Sanetra et al. 1999), Salina, Vulcano,
Stromboli, Filicudi and Panarea (Schär et al.,
2020), is newly recorded for the islet Scoglio
Faraglione.
COLLETIDAE
Colletes nigricans Gistel, 1857
MATERIAL EXAMINED. Salina, Monte dei Porri,
20.IX.1966, 2 females, Arcidiacono leg., V. Nobile
det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Hylaeus (Paraprosopis) clypearis (Schenck,
1853)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea: 23.VI.1967, 1
female, Sulfaro leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West Palaearctic (intro-
duced in Chile).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Hylaeus (Dentigera) imparilis Förster, 1871
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Chiesa Vecchia,
7.VII.1999, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile
det., on cultivated Petroselimum sp. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West Palaearctic (intro-
duced in Chile).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Hylaeus (Spatulariella) punctatus (Brullé, 1832)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Salina: Monte dei Porri,
20.IX.1966, 1 female, Arcidiacono leg., V. Nobile
det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West Palaearctic (intro-
duced in Chile).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
ANDRENIDAE
Andrena (Charitandrena) hattorfiana ssp.
dimidiata Brullé, 1832
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 29.V-4.VI.2010,
1 male, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South Anatolian Euro-
pean. The nominate subspecies has a West Euro-
pean Asian distribution.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Andrena (Euandrena) ruficrus Nylander, 1848
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Acquacalda, 29.
IV.1966, 1 female, I. Marcellino leg., V. Nobile det.
(VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. European West Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Andrena (Melandrena) morio ssp. morio
Brullé, 1832
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 26.IV-4.V.2009,
2 females, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC);
Panarea: Drauto, 20 m a.s.l., 21.VIII.2015, G. Al-
tadonna leg., 1 female, G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
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DISTRIBUTION. South East European West Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Andrena (Melandrena) nigroaenea ssp. ni-
groaenea (Kirby, 1802)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Filicudi, 1 male, M. Mei
leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Andrena (Melandrena) nitida ssp. nitida
(Müller, 1776)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 14. III.2000,
1 female, P. Lo Cascio & S. Pasta leg., on flowers of
Cytisus aeolicus (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Andrena (Plastandrena) pilipes Fabricius, 1781
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano, 29.V.4.VI.2010,
2 females, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Andrena (Scitandrena) scita Eversmann, 1852
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano, 29.V-4.VI.2010,
1 male, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South East European South West
Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Andrena (Taeniandrena) wilkella (Kirby,
1802)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano, 25.IV-4.V.2009,
1 female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
HALICTIDAE
Pseudapis bispinosa (Brullé, 1832)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993,
6 males, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Ceylalictus variegatus (Olivier, 1789)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 24.VII.1963, 2
males, 1 female, V. Nobile leg. et det. (VNC).
Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993, 1 male, 1 female, M. Mei
leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Nomioides facilis (Smith, 1853)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Urnazzo, 2.VI.
1997, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., on Asteraceae, V.
Nobile det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Nomioides minutissimus (Rossi, 1790)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 9-22.
VIII.2015, 1 female, G. Altadonna leg., V. Nobile
det. (yellow pan-trap) (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean South West Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Halictus (Halictus) quadricinctus (Fabricius,
1776)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea: 12.VI.1967, 1 fe-
male, V. Nobile leg. et det. (VNC). Vulcano: 28.VI-
18.VI.2008, 2 males, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det.
(VNC); 29.V-4.VI.2010, 1 female, M. Mei leg., V.
Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Halictus (Hexataenites) fulvipes (Klug, 1817)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Monte Chirica,
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male, Sulfaro leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC). Vulcano,
15.VII.1993, 1 male, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det.
(VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean South West Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Halictus (Tytthalictus) maculatus Smith, 1848
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea: 23.VI.1967,
1male, Sulfaro leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Turanian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) nitidulum (Fabri-
cius, 1804)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Monte Sant’An-
gelo, 500 m a.s.l., 21.II.1966, 2 females, M. La
Greca leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Central Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) planulum (Perez, 1903)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.
VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det.
(GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. North Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Dialictus) semilucens (Alfken,
1914)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South European Central
Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago and
Sicily.
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) immunitum
ssp. sillatum (Warncke, 1981)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993,
1 male, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
26.IX.1996, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., V. Nobile
det. (PLCC). Panarea: 18.VI.1967, 1female, Sulfaro
leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC). Vulcano: 24.VII.1963,
1 female, V. Nobile leg. et det. (VNC); 10.VII.1993,
2 males, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Asian (introduced
in Mexico).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Halictus (Hexataenites) scabiosae (Rossi, 1790)
(Fig. 21)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria,
VII.1999, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., V. Nobile det.
(Moericke trap) (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West Palaearctic (extended
to South Africa).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Halictus (Monilapis) compressus Walckenaer,
1802
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Quattropani, 6.
VI.1997, 1 male, 2 females, on flowers of Rubus
sp., G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Central Asian
(excluding Iberian Peninsula).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Halictus (Seladonia) gemmeus Dours, 1872
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993,
1 male, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Halictus (Seladonia) smaragdulus Vachal, 1895
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 24.VII.1963, 2
females, V. Nobile leg. and det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Halictus (Tytthalictus) asperulus Perez, 1895
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea: 23.VI.1967, 1
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DISTRIBUTION. Sicilian Sardinian South Italian.
The nominate subspecies has a Mediterranean Ira-
nian distribution (discontinuous in the South East
Mediterranean).
REMARKS. Described from Catania (holotype)
and Lipari: Mount Guardia (paratypes) (Warncke,
1981). The holotype was collected on flowers of
Centaurea (Asteraceae).
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) malachurum
(Kirby, 1802)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Mount Sant’An-
gelo, m 500, 21.II.1966, 1 female, M. La Greca leg.
(DSCC); Pianoconte, 7.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Tur-
risi leg., V. Nobile det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South West Palaearctic
Macaronesian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) opacum Perez,
1895
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Quattropani-Ac-
quacalda, 22.II.1966, 1 female, M. La Greca leg.,
V. Nobile det. (DSCC); Acquacalda, 29.VI.1966, 1
female, I. Marcellino leg., V. Nobile det. (DSCC);
Urnazzo, 2.VI.1997, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio leg., on
Asteraceae, V. Nobile det. (PLCC); Quattropani,
6.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det.
(GFTC); Pianoconte, 7.VI.1997, 1 female, G.F.
Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det. (GFTC). Vulcano:
10.VII.1993, 3 males, 2 females, M. Mei leg., V.
Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Iranian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) nigripes (Le-
pelletier, 1841)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Mendolita, 30.
VI.1967, 1 female, Cirotti leg., V. Nobile det.
(DSCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South West Mediter-
ranean Macaronesian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) pauxillum
(Schenck, 1853)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Panarea: 12.VI.1967, 2
males, V. Nobile leg. (VNC); 23.VI.1967, 1 males,
Sulfaro leg., V. Nobile det. (DSCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Sphecodogastra) subhirtum
(Lepelletier, 1841)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Urnazzo, 2. VI.
1997, 1 male, on flowers of Daucus sp. (Apiaceae),
P. Lo Cascio leg., V. Nobile det. (LPC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South West Mediter-
ranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) albocinctum
(Lucas, 1849)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 10.VII.1993, 3
males, 1 female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det.
(VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Mediterranean (discon-
tinuous in North East Africa).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) bimaculatum
(Dours, 1872)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 24.
V.1967, 1 female, V. Nobile leg. and det. (VNC).
Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993, 1 female, M. Mei leg., V.
Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) costulatum
(Kriechbaumer, 1873)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 24.
V.1967, 1 female, V. Nobile leg. and det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Lasioglossum (Lasioglossum) leucozonium
ssp. cedri Ebmer, 1976
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EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Acquacalda, 29.
IV.1966, 1 female, I. Marcellino leg., V. Nobile det.
(DSCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South West Mediterranean. The
species is European Central Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Sphecodes albilabris (Fabricius, 1793) (Fig. 22)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Muria, 3.
VI.1997, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., V. Nobile det.
(PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Central Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Sphecodes gibbus (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 25.IV-4.V.2009,
1 female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. European Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Sphecodes monilicornis ssp. quadratus Meyer,
1919
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 1male, M. Mei
leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European. The species is
Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Sphecodes spinulosus Hagens, 1875
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 25.IV-4.V.2009,
1 female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. European West Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
MEGACHILIDAE
Heriades (Heriades) truncorum (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 25.IV-4.V.2009,
1 male, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. West Central Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) adunca ssp. adunca
(Panzer, 1798)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 25.IV-4.V.2009,
1 female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South European Central
Asian. The other subspecies, Hoplitis (Hoplitis)
adunca ssp. contraria Tkalcu, 1974 has an Iberian
Maghrebian distribution.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Hoplitis (Hoplitis) lepeletieri (Panzer, 1798)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano, 25.IV-4.V.2009,
1 male, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South West European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Osmia (Helicosmia) latreillei ssp. iberoafricana
Peters, 1975
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Filicudi, 14.VII.1993, 1
female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC); Vul-
cano, 29.V-4.VI.2010, 1 male, M. Mei leg., V. No-
bile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Mediterranean Macarone-
sian. The nominate subspecies is South European,
excluding Iberian Peninsula.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Osmia (Pyrosmia) submicans ssp. hebraea
Benoist, 1934
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano, 29.V-4.VI.2010,
1 female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Mediterranean. The nomi-
nate subspecies is Central South European.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Rhodanthidium septemdentatum (Latreille,
1809)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Quattropani, 6.
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VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det.
(GFTC); Pianoconte, 7.VI.1997, 1 female, G.F. Tur-
risi leg., V. Nobile det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. North Mediterranean.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Stelis phaeoptera ssp. murina Perez, 1884
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: VI.2000, 1 male, 5
females, Sinacori leg., reared from Arundo stems
together with the host Osmia (Chalcosmia) sp., V.
Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Mediterranean Iranian
Macaronesian. The nominate subspecies is Central
North European Central Asian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Dioxys cincta (Jurine, 1807)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: 14.IV.1968, 1 fe-
male, G. Marcuzzi leg., V. Nobile det. (DSCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central European Mediterranean
African.
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari by Nobile & Tur-
risi (1996).
Megachile (Chalicodoma) parietina (Geof-
froy, 1785)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7. VI.
1997, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det.
(GFTC). Panarea: 23.VI.1967, 1 female, Sulfaro
leg., V. Nobile det. (DSCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Megachile (Chalicodoma) sicula Rossi, 1792
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Vallone Ponte, 22.
II.1967, 1 male, S. Bruno leg., V. Nobile det.
(DSCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Palaearctic Macaronesian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Megachile (Eutricharaea) apicalis Spinola, 1808
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.
VI.1997, 1 female, G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det.
(GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South European Maghre-
bian Central Asian (extended to North America).
REMARKS. Recorded for Vulcano by Comba &
Comba (2005).
Megachile (Eutricharaea) pilidens Alfken,
1923
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 28.VI-18. VII.
2008, 1 male, 1 female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det.
(VNC). Vulcano: Piano, 330 m, 21.VIII.2014, 1
specimen, G. Altadonna leg., V. Nobile det. (PNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Central European
Iranian.
REMARKS. Recorded for Vulcano by Comba &
Comba (2005).
APIDAE
Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.
VI.1997, 1female, G.F. Turrisi leg. and det.
(GFTC). Vulcano: Piano, 21.VIII.2014, 1female, G.
Altadonna leg., G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC). Vulcano:
Gelso, 12.VIII.2016, 1female, G. Altadonna leg.,
G.F. Turrisi det. (GAC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic (recorded also for
Mexico).
REMARKS. Recorded for Lipari, Filicudi,
Panarea, and Vulcano by Pagliano & Nobile (1993),
Vicidomini (2003), and Vicidomini et al., (2005);
for Stromboli by Comba & Comba (2005). The
similar X. valga Gerstaecker, 1872 is recorded for
Stromboli by Pagliano & Nobile (1993), Vicido-
mini (2003), and Vicidomini et al., (2005).
Ceratina cucurbitina (Rossi, 1792)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Urnazzo, 2.VI.
1997, 1 female, P. Lo Cascio leg., on Daucus sp.,
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V. Nobile det. (PLCC); Chiesa Vecchia, 7.VI.1999,
on cultivated Petroselinum sp. (Apiaceae), G.F.
Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det. (GFTC). Vulcano: Piano,
9-22.VIII.2015, 1 male (yellow-pan trap), G. Alta-
donna leg., V. Nobile det. (GAC). Alicudi: Piani-
cello, 2.IV.1997, 1 female, Lo Cascio & Serra leg.,
V. Nobile det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South West Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Nomada fulvicornis Fabricius, 1793
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 25.IV-4.V.2009,
2female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC). Vul-
cano, 29.V-4.VI.2010, 1 male, 1 female, M. Mei
leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New to Aeolian archipelago.
Epeolus julliani Perez, 1884
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993,
1 female, M. Mei leg. and det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Anatolian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Pasites maculatus Jurine, 1807
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 3-17.VII.1993, 1
male, 2 females, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central West Palaearctic.
Figures 15–23. Hymenoptera of Aeolian Archipelago (not in scale). Fig. 15: Prionyx subfuscatus female (Lipari). Fig. 16:
Dryudella esterinae male (Lipari). Fig. 17: Lestica clypeata male (Lipari). Fig. 18: Tracheliodes quinquenotatus female
(Lipari). Fig. 19: Mimesa grandii female (Lipari). Fig. 20: Philanthus coarctatus siculus male (Lipari). Fig. 21: Halictus
scabiosae female (Lipari). Fig. 22: Sphecodes albilabris female (Lipari). Fig. 23: Thyreus ramosus male (Basiluzzo).
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Eucera (Eucera) nigrescens Perez, 1879
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Alicudi: 5.VII.1993, 1
male, 1 female, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
Vulcano, 15.VII.1993, 1 female, M. Mei leg., V.
Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central South European Iranian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Tetraloniella dentata (Germar, 1839)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 29.V-4.VI.2010,
1 male, M. Mei leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Central Southern Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Amegilla albigena (Lepelletier, 1841)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: 24.VII.1963, 1
female, V. Nobile leg. and det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean Central North
East African.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Amegilla garrula (Rossi, 1790)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Castello environs,
8.VI.1997, 1 male, G.F. Turrisi leg., V. Nobile det.
(GFTC). Salina: Monte Dei Porri, 20.IX.1966, 1 fe-
male, S. Arcidiacono leg., V. Nobile det. (VNC).
DISTRIBUTION. South European Iranian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Thyreus ramosus (Lepelletier, 1841) (Fig. 23)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Basiluzzo: 20.VIII.1996,
1male, P. Lo Cascio leg., V. Nobile det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. South Palaearctic Macaronesian.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Anthophora (Lophanthophora) dispar Lepel-
letier, 1841
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 14.
III.2000, 2 females, 1 male, P. Lo Cascio & S. Pasta
leg., on Cytisus aeolicus Guss. ex Lindl., V. Nobile
det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Mediterranean.
REMARKS. Recorded for Vulcano by Lo Cascio
(2004) (sub Lophanthophora dispar) and for Alicudi
by Comba & Comba (2005).
Anthophora (Anthophora) plumipes ssp.
niger (Friese, 1896)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 330 m
a.s.l., 2.VI.2012, 1 specimen, G. Altadonna leg., V.
Nobile det. (PNC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic.
REMARKS. New for the Aeolian Archipelago.
Bombus (Bombus) terrestris (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Vulcano: Piano, 14.III.2000,
1 worker, P. Lo Cascio & S. Pasta leg., on Cytisus
aeolicus Guss. ex Lindl., V. Nobile det. (PLCC).
DISTRIBUTION. Palaearctic.
REMARKS. Recorded for Vulcano by Lo Cascio
(2004).
Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758)
EXAMINED MATERIAL. Lipari: Canale, 30.VI.
1967, 1 worker, Allegrina leg., V. Nobile det.
(VNC). Lipari: Pianoconte, 7.VI.1997, 1 worker,
G.F. Turrisi leg. and det. (GFTC).
DISTRIBUTION. Cosmopolitan.
REMARKS. Recorded for the Aeolian
Archipelago by Bouga et al. (2011), Tenore et al.
(2012), Muñoz et al. (2014).
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
Data from literature (see Introduction) recorded
98 species (including one doubtful record among
Formicidae) for the archipelago; 20 of them are con-
firmed by the present research, and 120 are added as
new records. As the whole, 218 species of Hy-
menoptera belonging to 24 families are currently
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known for the Aeolian Islands (Table 1). Among
them, Dryudella esterinae, Nysson quadriguttatus,
Miscophus aetoni, Miscophus lusitanicus, Cerceris
circularis ssp. dacica and Lasioglossum (Dialictus)
semilucens are recorded for the first time for Sicily,
and Miscophus lusitanicus resulted also new for Italy.
Despite this remarkable increase, the hy-
menopteran fauna of these islands should be con-
sidered largely underestimated, especially for many
groups of Terebrantia, also including those so
called “micro Hymenoptera”. No sawflies (“Sym-
phyta”) have yet been recorded for the Aeolian
Archipelago, but it could be due to the lack of col-
lecting efforts, as suggested by the relatively high
diversity and endemism richness that characterizes
this group in Sicily, where 139 species were so far
recorded (Pesarini & Turrisi, 2001; Turrisi, 2011;
Liston et al., 2013); for instance, it is likely that at
least some representatives of the most speciose
family Tenthredinidae should be occurring also in
the Aeolian Archipelago.
On the contrary, these islands harbour a relatively
high diversity of Formicidae, with 49 species, and
Apoidea, with 68 species belonging to 5 families, and
especially Halictidae that include 29 species.
Although the available data are not sufficient to
perform an exhaustive biogeographical analysis, tak-
ing into account the distributional patterns only, most
of the recorded species have a wide European-
Mediterranean distribution, and even in the Palaearc-
tic region; moreover, the Mediterranean chorotypes
seem to be well represented within the Aeolian fauna.
The Hymenoptera represent one of the four
mega-diverse insect orders, and they play a funda-
mental role in virtually all terrestrial ecosystems as
parasitoids, predators, and pollinators, being of sub-
stantial economic importance. As the faunal knowl-
edge is likely far to be complete, data concerning
population sizes and trends, distribution and conser-
vation of Hymenoptera in the study islands are very
limited and essentially based on personal observa-
tions carried out by the authors during the field-work.
Anthropogenic disturbance is not strong, but it
increases during summer due to the massive occur-
rence of tourism. This factor, together with urban
sprawl and infrastructural developments, may affect
structure and dynamics of local ecosystems, as well
as the fire, that recently involved large areas of the
main islands (f.i., Lipari and Vulcano). The islands
have also a long-term history of agricultural ex-
ploitation, that was characterized by a phase of re-
cession and general abandonment between the late
19th and the second half of 20th century. Currently
agriculture, and especially viticulture, are gradually
spreading again in some islands (Lipari, Salina,
Vulcano), but generally moving toward organic
practices and avoiding the use of pesticides. On the
other hand, the small surface and the rough mor-
phology of the islands hinder strong agricultural
changes such as mechanization.
Especially bee populations and species are sensi-
tive to environmental changes, as observed for conti-
nental Europe where this problem, together with
stress from parasites, pesticides and flower pauper-
ization, has caused honey bee colony losses and de-
clines of wild pollinators (Goulson et al., 2015).
However, some of the study islands (Lipari, Vulcano,
Filicudi and Alicudi) are now exclusively inhabited
by the Sicilian subspecies of honey bee (Apis mellif-
era ssp. siciliana Dalla Torre, 1896), that is bred in
traditional manner and not exposed to the risk of ge-
netic pollution, as since 1990s the Municipality of Li-
pari has promulged an ordinance prohibiting the
introduction of other bee races. In this perspective,
the islands may be considered as “refuges” for threat-
ened hymenopteran that in other areas (such as Sicily)
suffer all the adverse factors above-mentioned, in-
cluding the modernization of agricultural practices.
More detailed faunal knowledge, together with
the extension of the researches to the local popula-
tion trends and a monitoring programme, are how-
ever needed in order to recognize and prevent any
negative change that could affect the Aeolian hy-
menopteran fauna, and consequently its role in agri-
culture and maintenance of plant diversity. In fact,
trends in the decline of Hymenoptera, as with other
invertebrates, could be underestimated because of
insufficient data both on the number of species, and
on the size of local populations. It is not excluded
that even among invertebrates, usually considered
more “resistant” to the so-called sixth mass extinc-
tion (see Leakey & Lewin, 2015 and Kolbert, 2016),
some species may disappear even before to be dis-
covered. The development of investigations for a
better understanding of the population trends, as
well as improvements to the taxonomy and the ecol-
ogy of the Hymenoptera, are critical for an effective
conservation and management of this important fau-
nal component, also for wider benefits associated
with pollination network of the ecosystem.
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Table 1. Summary of Hymenoptera from Aeolian archipelago. Legend: ○ = bibliographic record only; ● = record confirmed
by the present study; + = new record; ? = doubtful record. Islets: 1 = Strombolicchio; 2 = Lisca Bianca; 3 = Basiluzzo; 4 =
Scoglio Faraglione. 1 observed and photographed in Stromboli as reported on 06.07.2011, https://www.naturamediterraneo.
com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=146201.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We are grateful to Maurizio Mei (Rome, Italy),
Pietro Niolu (Sassari, Italy), Marcello Romano (Ca-
paci, Palermo, Italy), and Carlo Violani (Milan,
Italy) for allowing us the study of their material;
Paolo Rosa (Milan, Italy) for checking and identi-
fying Chrysididae, Fabrizio Rigato (Milan, Italy)
for identifying Formicidae.
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