Bembix oculata PANZER, 1801

Bembex oculata JURINE (!): WALKER 1871a: 24 (Tadjoura).

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

Bembix oculata is recorded from the Afrotropical (Djibouti, Sudan) and Palaearctic (e.g. Oman, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates) regions. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in HANDLIRSCH (1893: 854-58), DE DALLA TORRE (1897: 509-510), INNES BEY (1911: 112) and BOHART & MENKE (1976: 547).