Prionyx nigropectinatus (TASCHENBERG, 1869)

Sphex (Calosphex) nigropectinatus TASCHENBERG, 1869: ROTH 1926: 367 (tax., cat.), 370 (key ♀),

374 (key ♂), 381 (tax., Obock), 402 (biogeogr.). Sphex (Calosphex) nigropectinatus TASCHENBERG, 1869: BERLAND 1926: 168 (biol., Obock). Sphex (Calosphex) nigropectinatus TASCHENBERG, 1869: LECLERCQ 1955: 30 (tax., cat. Afr. reg.). Sphex (Calosphex) nigropectinatus TASCHENBERG, 1869: BERLAND 1956: 1166 (tax., fig. 2,

Obock), 1179 (key).

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

Prionyx nigropectinatus is recorded from the Afrotropical (Djibouti, Mali, Mauritania, Sudan) and Palaearctic (e.g. Oman, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) regions. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in BOHART & MENKE (1976: 133).