Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit, 1950

Olmi, Massimo, 2020, Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Chrysidoidea, Sclerogibbidae, Zootaxa 4754 (1), pp. 131-133 : 132-133

Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit, 1950

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: United Arab Emirates (new record), Yemen (new record).

Extralimital distribution: Widely distributed in the Afrotropical, Indo-Malay, Nearctic, Neotropical and Palaearctic regions ( Olmi 2005).

Remarks: The new records are based on the following specimens: UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: Abu Dhabi, Houbara Protected Area, 10.XII.2015 – 10.I.2016, Malaise trap, A. Saji & A. van Harten leg., 4 males (MOLC); same locality label, 1–30.IV.2016, 3 males (MOLC); same locality label, 1.XI-10.XII.2015, 2 males (MOLC); same locality label, 1–30.VI.2016, 47 males (MOLC); Abu Dhabi, Al Wathba Wetland Reserve, 1–31.VII.2015, Malaise trap, A. Saji & A. van Harten leg., 2 males (MOLC); same locality label, 10.V.2017, 1 male (MOLC). YEMEN: Usaifira, 1 mile N of Ta’izz, about 4500 ft., 21.XII.1937, H. Scott & E. B. Britton coll., 1 male (NHMUK); Western Aden, Jebel Jihaf, about 7000 ft., 7.X.1937, at edge of cultivation, H. Scott & E. B. Britton coll., 1 male (NHMUK).