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Quartinia   canariensis    was recorded from three semidesertic sand habitats in Fuerteventura. All localities were sparsely covered by halophytic vegetation and characterized by large patches of flowering plants of    Frankenia   laevis    (  Frankeniaceae  ). Males and females were exclusively observed to visit flowers of    Frankenia   laevis   . During flower visits the imagines often switched between nectar and pollen uptake. Pollen was consumed directly from the anthers or pollen uptake was indirect with pollen grains gathering on the frons being brushed towards the mouthparts with the fore legs. During nectar uptake the wasps protruded their long proboscis into the nectariferous pockets between the claws of the petals of the    Frankenia    flowers. Brood cell provisions consisted mainly of pollen from    Frankenia    but to a small amount also from    Polycarpaea    (  Caryophyllaceae  ) suggesting that    Quartinia   canariensis    is polylectic with strong preference. Males regularly stood on the ground in the vicinity of    Frankenia    plants and frequently performed patrol flights along the flowers. Flower visiting females avoided contact with the males and mainly offered resistance against the insertion of the male genitalia. The behavioural sequence during copulation of a species of    Quartinia    is described for the first time. The nest was a multicellular sub-vertical burrow surmounted by a short turret. The burrow was excavated by the female in friable sandy soil. The walls of the nest were stabilized by silk produced by the nest building female and applied with the mouthparts. Inconsistencies concerning the host-parasite-relationship between    Quartinia   canariensis    and    Chrysis   atrocomitata    established by  Gusenleitner 1990  are discussed.

journal of hymenoptera research

Contribution to the bionomics of the pollen wasp    Quartinia   canariensis    Blüthgen, 1958 (  Hymenoptera  ,   Vespidae  ,   Masarinae  ) in Fuerteventura (Canary Islands, Spain)