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Mutilla fuscipennis Fabricius, 1804, but not con- Nonveiller (1990), as the same island is inhabited
firmed by Lelej (2005; see also Pagliano, 2005). by the nominal subspecies; Trogaspidia rhea rhea
Furthermore, from the distribution of some (Mickel, 1933) for “Japan” by Mickel (1933)
species included in the checklist have been omit- without further information; Trogaspidia subin-
ted the following doubtful records: Blakeius trans (Sichel et Radoszkowski, 1870) for Taiwan
bipunctatus (Latreille, 1792) for Cyprus by André by Zavattari (1913a), not confirmed by Lelej
(1899-1903), not confirmed by Invrea (1940) and (2005), as well as those for Timor (Sichel & Ra-
Hammer (1950); Dasylabris maura carinulata doszkowski, 1869-1870), Sumatra and Borneo
(Dalla Torre, 1897) for Rhodes by Pagliano (Zavattari, 1913b), although not mentioned by
(2005), which need to be confirmed; “Ephuto- Lelej (2005), need to be confirmed; Wallacidia
morpha” australasiae (Fabricius, 1804) and merops (Smith, 1860), for New Guinea by André
“Ephutomorpha” fausta (Smith, 1863), given (1896a) and Mantero (1900), that according to
respectively for New Britain and New Guinea O’Toole (1975) are due to erroneous identifica-
by André (1898), which need to be confirmed; tions; Wallacidia oculata (Fabricius, 1804) for
Krombeinella thoracica (Fabricius, 1793) for Bali, Flores, Sumba and Palawan by Zavattari
Sicily by several authors, not confirmed by Suá- (1913b), need to be confirmed; Yamanetilla
rez (1988); Myrmilla mutica (André, 1903) for taiwaniana (Zavattari, 1913) for “Japan” in
Cyprus by Bogusch (2006), not confirmed by the ZMUC material (www.zmuc.dk/EntoWeb/
Ljubomirov (2011); Mutilla europaea Linnaeus, collections-databaser/ Hymenoptera) without
1758 for Sardinia by Costa (1887), not confirmed further information.
by Arnone & Romano (1998); the same for the On the contrary, the checklist includes a record
“Inner Hebrides” and “Outer Hebrides” without of Myrmosa unicolor Say, 1824 given by Bradley
further information, respectively by the Scottish (1917) for High Island (Outer Banks, Virginia, US);
Aculeate List (www. hbrg.org.uk/SAL/index. this latter belongs to a group of barrier islands
html) and the Outer Hebrides Biological Recor- whose number changes through time due to dy-
ding (http://www.ohbr.org.uk); Myrmilla erythro- namic processes or violent storms and its name has
cephala (Latreille, 1792) for Kerkyra, not confirmed not been localized in the recent maps, thus the
by Ljubomirov (2011); Myrmilla lezginica (Ra- island is not listed in Table 1.
doszkowski, 1885) for “Cyclades” without further Although often the toponym “Cayenne” was used
information by André (1899-1903); Physetopoda in past to indicate also continental areas of French
halensis (Fabricius, 1787) for Lampedusa by Pagliano Guiana, data given by Spinola (1841) have been
(2003), that has been successively referred to an- included in the checklist because the author refers
other species (see Pagliano, 2011); Physetopoda explicitly to specimens collected by Leprieur “dans
pusilla (Klug, 1835) and P. scutellaris (Latreille, les régions inexplorées de cette île” (see Spinola,
1792) for Cyprus, respectively, by Bischoff 1840). For the same reason, the checklist takes into
(1933) and Invrea (1940) and by Hammer (1950), account also the data given by Lepeletier de Saint-
which need to be confirmed; Platymyrmilla quinque- Fargeau (1845) concerning this estuarine island.
fasciata (Olivier, 1811) for Sicily by Pagliano & A separate discussion concerns Myrmilla re-
Strumia (2007) on the basis of a doubtful record unionis described by Zavattari (1909), that accord-
from Spinola’s collection (see also Pagliano, ing to Brothers et al. (2011) is likely not from
2005); Ronisia ghilianii (Spinola, 1843) for Cyprus Reunion Island. Pagliano (2005) has reported two
by Hammer (1950), which need to be confirmed; specimens kept in the Spinola’s collection labelled
Smicromyrme rufipes (Fabricius, 1878) for Malta as “Mutilla doueyi” (a female) and “Mutilla douei”
by Pagliano (2005) and Pagliano & Strumia (a male) and indicated to be from “Isola di Bour-
(2007), which need to be confirmed; Smi- bon” (the former name of Reunion) without further
cromyrme vladani Nonveiller, 1972 for Malta, information; the female was sent in loan in 1999 to
given in the list of ZMUC collections (see Guido Nonveiller and probably has been lost.
www.zmuc.dk/EntoWeb/collections-databaser Waiting for a confirmation of the occurrence of
/Hymenoptera), that should be confirmed; Timulla mutillids on this island, the above records have not
mediata persa Mickel, 1938 for Trinidad by been included in the checklist.