Spilomena canariensis BISCHOFF 1937

Spilomena canariensis BISCHOFF, 1937, new record for Morocco (figs 19-20, 21) Spilomena canariensis BISCHOFF, 1937b: 2, ♀, ♁. Holotype: ♀, Spain: Canary Islands: Tenerife: Orotava (Zool. Mus. Univ. Helsinki.). M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: ♀ 21.iii.2024, Laâyoune-Sakia, Smara 26.746N 11.681W (CSE). R e c o g n i t i o n: The species can be identified with DOLLFUSS (1986). The female is unique by having a distinct emargination on ACM, mandible is brown with a reddish apex, propodeal enclosure is not surrounded by a keel, and T6 has two longitudinal keels (fig. 19, 20). D i s t r i b u t i o n Spilomena canariensis was previously considered endemic to the Canary Islands (DOLLFUSS, 1986). It has now also been discovered on Madeira (SMIT 2000). This is the first record for Marocco and thus for the African mainland (fig. 21). For detailed records of Canary Islands see HOHMANN et al. (1993). H a b i t a t: The specimen was caught on a flowering Tamarix shrub, at the western border of the town, in a semiarid and very dry area.