Sceliphron spirifex (LINNAEUS , 1758)

Madl, Michael, D, Chalybion, L, Chlorion, S, Podalonia, V, Prionyx & K, Sceliphron, 2023, A catalogue of the family Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea, Linzer biologische Beiträge 54 (2), pp. 563-572 : 568

Sceliphron spirifex (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Pelopoeus spirifex ( LINNAEUS, 1758) : MAGRETTI 1884: 576 (taxonomy, Khor el Barka).

Pelopoeus spirifex ( LINNAEUS, 1758) : MAGRETTI 1885: 327 (Khor el Barka), 353 (catalogue species collected by expedition).

Sceliphron ( Pelopoeus) spirifex ( LINNAEUS, 1758) : KOHL 1918: 5 (fig. 9), 7 (taxonomy), 8 (taxonomy), 9 (figs. 12, 13), 12 (biogeography), 15 (fig. 20), 16 (key ♀), 19 (key ♀), 25 (key ♁), 86 (taxonomy, description ♁ ♀, Asmara, Ghinda, Keren), 87 (fig. 46), 139 (biogeography), 144 (biology), 145 (biology), 146 (biology), 147 (biology?), 148 (biology), 149 (biology), 150 (biology), 162 (biology), 163 (fig. 65: larva), 167 (biology), pl. 2 (figs. 11 (?), 13).

Sceliphron ( Chalybion) spirifex ( LINNAEUS, 1758) : GIORDANI SOIKA 1939a: 169 (taxonomy, Tessenei).

Sceliphron ( Pelopoeus) spirifex ( LINNAEUS, 1758) : GUIGLIA 1939: 200 (taxonomy, Keren).

Sceliphron ( Pelopaeus) spirifex ( LINNAEUS, 1758) : GIORDANI SOIKA 1939b: 104 (taxonomy, Adi Ugri).

Sceliphron ( Sceliphron) spirifex ( LINNAEUS, 1758) : LECLERCQ 1955: 60 (taxonomy, Eritrea ( GIORDANI SOIKA 1939b, GUIGLIA 1939), catalogue Africa), 98 (tab. 1: distribution in Africa).

Sceliphron ( Sceliphron) spirifex ( LINNAEUS, 1758) : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 106 (world catalogue: Africa).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Adi Ugri, Asmara, Ghinda, Keren, Khor el Barka, Tessenei.

Sceliphron spirifex , which is widely distributed in the Afrotropical and Palaearctic regions, is also known from Ethiopia, Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula ( Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen).