Bembecinus tridens (FABRICIUS, 1781)

Larra tridens FABRICIUS, 1781: WALKER 1871a: 25 (Tadjoura).

Larra tridens WALKER (!): INNES BEY 1911: 112 (Tadjoura, cat. Lord Collection).

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

Bembecinus tridens is widely distributed in the Palaearctic region, but is not recorded from Egypt and the Arabian peninsula. The record from Djibouti, which is not mentioned in HANDLIRSCH (1892: 34), DE DALLA TORRE (1897: 532) and BOHART & MENKE (1976: 532), is probably a misidentification and should be checked.