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* Ophrys candica Greuter, Matthäs & Risse in Willdenowia 15: 53 (1985) [O. fuciflora
(F.W. Schmidt) Moench subsp. candica E. Nelson nom. inval.]
Dry meadows from the sea level to the medium mountain. – Sicilia (Buttler 1986); Siracusano
(Mark 1996); Sicilia e Siracusano (Bartolo & Pulvirenti 1997). Species wrongly referred for
Sicily by O. calliantha Bartolo & Pulvirenti. To be excluded.

3186. Ophrys tenthredinifera Willd., Sp. Pl. 4 (1): 67 (1805) [O. limbata Link; O. rosea
(Desf.) Samp., List. Herb. Portug., App. 3: 5 (1914); ead. comb. Grande in Nuovo
Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 27: 238 (1920); O. aranifera var. limbata (Rchb.) Guss. (1845)]
Garigue, dry and mountain meadows. – Throughout the region. – CC.

3187. Ophrys grandiflora Ten., Cat. Horti Neapol. App. ed. 2: 83 (1819) & Fl. Nap. 2: 309
(1820) [Syn. Ophrys tenthredinifera subsp. grandiflora (Ten.) Kreutz]
Garigue, dry and mountain meadows. – Monti Nebrodi, Siracusa (Delforge 2005). – CC.
3188. Ophrys apifera Huds., Fl. Angl.: 340 (1762)
Garigue and dry meadows. – Throughout the region, but not very common. Also at Salina (Pasta
& Lo Cascio 2002). – NC.
3189. Ophrys bertolonii Moretti, Pl. Ital. 6: 9 (1823)
Garigue and dry meadows on the coast and in inner hilly grounds. – Throughout the region. –
NC.

* Ophrys ×inzengae (Tod.) Nyman, Syll. Fl. Eur. Suppl.: 61 (1865) [Bas. Arachnites inzen-
gae Tod., Nuov. Gen. Sp.: 12 (1858) pro sp.; O. ×sorrentini Tineo ex Lojac. pro sp.]
Ibrido O. bertolonii × tenthredinifera. –This nothospecies was already reported (Lojacono 1909:
41). For sites see (Bartolo & Pulvirenti 1997).
* Ophrys bertoloniformis O. Danesch & E. Danesch in Orchidee (Hamburg) 22: 117
(1971)
Garigue and dry meadows on the coast. – Its report for Palermo is not generally accepted [vedi
Golz P. & Reinhard H. R. in Ber. Schweiz. Bot. Ges., 89 (1-2): 63-79, 1979], taxon is endemic
in the Gargano area (see Grünanger 2001, Delforge 2005). Waiting to be confirmed, the O.
bertoloniformis is, for the moment, excluded from the Sicilian flora.
3190. Ophrys explanata (Lojac.) P. Delforge in Mém. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belg. 11 (1989): 18
(1990) [Bas. Ophrys bertolonii var. explanata Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 3: 35 (1909)]
ES – Garigue, dry meadows, scrubland. – Palermo alla Favorita (Lojacono 1909); Niscemi:
Piano Stravolata (Galesi 1996); C.da Cappelaris (Vittoria), Piano Stravolata (Niscemi) (Galesi
1998); Valle Ippari: Contrada Cappellaris (Galesi 1999 b); Siracusa (Delforge 2001); Bagheria
atlM. Catalfano!, Passo delle Pantanelle at Gela!, Woods of Niscemi and S. Pietro (Galesi)! – R.

3191. Ophrys sphegifera Willd., Sp. Pl. 4 (1): 65 (1805) [Ophrys scolopax Cav. subsp. api-
formis (Desf.) Maire & Weiller ex Quézel]
Garigue, dry meadows. – Pantelleria and Favignana. Collected in 1906 in Pantelleria by
Sommier (in Lojacono 1909: 48, sub O. scolopax), confirmed by Fiori (1923, 1(2): 313) sub O.
arachnites var. scolopax and by Del Prete & Tosi (1988: 25); Pantelleria: Gelkhamar, Sesi,
Bagno dell’Aquila, Cuddie Rosse (Sommier 1922). – RR.
3192. Ophrys scolopax Cav., Icon. 2 (2): 46, pl. 161 (1793)