First record of the Asian mud-dauber wasp Sceliphron curvatum (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) in Cyprus, including an identification key and notes on its possible impacts
Journal: Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”
Year: 2025

Sphecidae sensu lato currently includes more than 10,000 species of which 34 belong to the genus Sceliphron Klug, 1801. In Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, three out of eight species of Sceliphron are alien to the region, including the Asian S. curvatum (Smith, 1870) and S. deforme (Smith, 1856) as well as the Nearctic S. caementarium (Drury, 1773). Up-to-date, only three species of Sceliphron have been reported for Cyprus, S. destillatorium, S. madraspatanum tubifex and S. spirifex , being n