Sphex pruinosus GERMAR, 1817

Sphex (Sphex) pruinosus GERMAR, 1817: LECLERCQ 1955: 7 (tax., cat. Afr. reg.). * Sphex pruinosus var. scioensis GRIBODO, 1879: BERLAND 1927: 150 (Djibouti).

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

Sphex pruinosus is known from the Afrotropical (Djibouti, Ethiopia), Oriental and Palaearctic (e.g. Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen) regions. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in BOHART & MENKE (1976: 116).