Identification of (Hymenoptera) and (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae, Melolonthinae) associated with Serapias vomeracea (Burm. f.) Briq. (Orchidaceae) in Catalonia and southern France

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Serapias vomeracea, Eucera, Hoplitis, Heriades, Osmia, Hoplia, Oxythyrea, Anacamptis, Platanthera, Ophrys, Orchis, Catalonia, France.

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This papers reports new records of Hymenoptera and Coleoptera related to the taxon Serapias vomeracea (Burm. f.) captured in Catalonia and in France are disclosed: Eucera (Hetereucera) seminuda (Brullé 1832), Eucera (Hetereucera) collaris (Dours 1873), Hoplitis (Hoplitis) adunca (Panzer, 1798), Hoplitis (Hoplitis) lepeletieri (Pérez, 1879),Heriades (Heriades) cf. rubicola (Pérez, 1890), y Osmia (Heliscosmia) niveata (Fabricius, 1804), con la excepción de Eucera (Hetereucera) clypeata (Erichson 1835), which has already been mentioned in current bibliography. These Hymenoptera are pollinators of other genera and species of the Orchidaceae family present in Spain and other European countries. Two beetles have also been observed: Hoplia (Decamera) philanthus philanthus (Fuesslin, 1775), and Oxythyrea funesta (Poda 1761).

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Gea, Flora et Fauna