Philanthus venustus (ROSSIUS, 1790)

* Philanthus melliniformis SMITH, 1856: WALKER 1871a: 28 (Tadjoura).

Philanthus melliniformis SMITH, 1856: INNES BEY 1911: 102 (Tadjoura, cat. Lord Collection).

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

Philanthus venustus is widely distributed in the Palaearctic region, where it is also recorded from Egypt (Sinai) and Israel. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in DE DALLA TORRE (1897: 493) and BOHART & MENKE (1976: 567).