Bembix tranquebarica (GMELIN, 1790)

* Bembex repanda LATREILLE (!): WALKER 1871a: 24 (Tadjoura).

Bembix repanda LATREILLE (!): INNES BEY 1911: 112 (only Bab el Mandeb).

* Bembex trepanda DAHLBOM, 1844: WALKER 1871a: 24 (Tadjoura).

Bembex trepanda DAHLBOM, 1844 var.: INNES BEY 1911: 112 (Tadjoura, cat. Lord Collection).

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

Bembix tranquebarica is known from the Oriental and Palaearctic (e.g. Oman, Quatar, United Arab Emirates) regions. The record from Djibouti (WALKER 1871a) is not mentioned in HANDLIRSCH (1893: B. trepanda 735-36; B. repanda 896-97), DE DALLA TORRE (1897: 512 ( B. repanda), 515 ( B. trepanda)) and BOHART & MENKE (1976: 549).