Sphex argentatus FABRICIUS, 1787

Sphex argentata (!) DAHLBOM (!): WALKER 1871a: 19 (Tadjoura).

Sphex argentatus FABRICIUS, 1787: DE DALLA TORRE 1897: 445 (world cat.).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Tadjoura.

Sphex argentatus is known from the Afrotropical (e.g. Djibouti, Eritrea), Australian,

Oriental and Palaearctic regions. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in ANDRÉ (1888: 143-4), INNES BEY (1911: 111), LECLERCQ (1955) and BOHART & MENKE (1976: 114).