A taxonomic study of Tunisian species wasps of genera Philanthinus, Philanthus and Pseudoscolia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Philanthidae)

Ben Khedher, H., Yildirim, E. & Braham, M. (2021) A checklist of Philanthini and Pseudoscoliini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with new records from Tunisia. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 147(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.147.0101

Bitsch, J., Barbier, Y., Gayubo, S. F, Schmidt, K. & Ohl, M. (1997) Faune de France. 82. Hyménoptères Sphecidae d’Europe occidentale. Volume 2. Fédération française des Sociétés Naturelle, Paris, France, 429p.

Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid Wasps of the World: a generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, 695p.

de Beaumont, J. (1949) Les Philanthus et Philiponidea de l’Afrique du N.-O (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 22, 173-216.

de Beaumont, J. (1961) Notes sur les Philanthus paléarctiques (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 33, 201-212.

Hanson, P. & Menke, A. S. (2006) Capitulo 17. Las avipas apoideas: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae. In: Hanson, P. E. and Gauld, I. D. (Eds.), Hymenoptera de la Región Neotropical. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 77, 694-733.

Kohl, F. F. (1891) Zur Kenntnis der Hymenopteren-Gattung Philanthus Fabr. (sens. Lat.). Annalen des k.k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 6, 345-370.

Malash, A. A, Edmardash, Y. A. & Gadallah, N. S. (2023a) Biodiversity of the philanthine wasps in Middle Eastern and North African countries with special reference to the Egyptian fauna (Apoidea: Crabronidae). Oriental insects, 57(2), 491-580. https://doi.org/10.1080/00305316.2022.2089757

Malash, A. A, Edmardash, Y. A. & Gadallah, N. S. (2023b) The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5249(2), 151-189. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1

Pulawski, W. J. (2024) Catalogue of Sphecidae. California Academy of Sciences. Available from: https://www.calacademy.org/scientists/projects/catalog-of-sphecidae (accessed 19 March 2024).

Sann, M., Niehuis, O., Peters, R.S., Mayer, C., Kozlov, A., Podsiadlowski, L., Bank, S., Meusemann, K., Misof, B., Bleidom, C. & Ohl, M. (2018) Phylogenomic analysis of Apoidea sheds new light on the sister group of bees. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18, 71. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-018-1155-8

Sann, M., Meusemann, K., Niehuis, O., Escalona, H. E., Mokrousov, V., Ohl, M., Pauli, T. & Schmid-Egger, C. (2021) Reanalysis of the apoid wasp phylogeny with additional taxa and sequence data confirms the placement of Ammoplanidae as sister to bees. Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12475

Tomlinson, S. (2023) Superfamily Apoidea. In: Nastasi, L. F., Kresslein, R. L., Fowler, K. O., & Fernandez Flores, S. R. (Eds.), Biodiversity and classification of wasps. 1^st edition, 454-487.