Prionyx niveatus (DUFOUR, 1854)

Sphex (Calosphex) niveatus DUFOUR, 1854: BERLAND 1926: 167 (tax., Obock).

Sphex (Calosphex) niveatus DUFOUR, 1854: LECLERCQ 1955: 29 (tax., Djibouti, Obock, cat. Afr. reg.).

* Parasphex fervens (FABRICIUS (!)): WALKER 1871a: 20 (Tadjoura).

D i s t r i b u t i o n: Djibouti, Obock.

Prionyx niveatus is recorded from the Afrotropical (Djibouti, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, South Africa, Sudan) and Palaearctic (e.g. Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) regions. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in DE DALLA TORRE (1897), INNES BEY (1911: 111) and BOHART & MENKE (1976: 133).