Contributions to the knowledge of aculeate wasp and ant fauna of Sălaj county, Romania (Hymenoptera: Aculeata, excluding bees)

Abstract

In 2014–2015 a faunistical survey was carried out in Sălaj County, Romania by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in co-operation with the “Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad. Here we report the results of the following aculeate wasp and ant families: Chrysididae (5 species), Dryinidae (2 species), Embolemidae (1 species), Sapygiidae (1 species), Mutillidae (2 species), Scoliidae (1 species), Tiphiidae (2 species), Formicidae (28 species), Pompilidae (5 species), Vespidae (10 species), Sphecidae (2 species), and Crabronidae (14 species). In total, 73 species were recorded.

Keywords

• faunistics
• Chrysidoidea
• Vespoidea
• Apoidea
• Spheciformes