Tachysphex grandissimus Gussakovskij, 1933

Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Crabronidae, Zootaxa 4754 (1), pp. 20-73 : 20-73

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Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Arabian Peninsula ( Bohart & Menke 1976), Kuwait ( Al-Houty 1989, 1997), Qatar ( Pulawski 2007), Saudi Arabia ( Gadallah & Assery 2004b; Pulawski 2007; Gadallah et al. 2013), United Arab Emirates ( Roche 1981; Hamer 1986, 1988; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Howarth & Gillett 2008).

Extralimital distribution: Sahara from Morocco to Egypt in the north, and from Mali to Chad in the south, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan.

References

Al-Houty, W. (1989) Insect fauna of Kuwait. Fahad Al-Marzouk Printing and Publishing Establishment, University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 186 pp.

Al-Houty, W. (1997) Checklist of the insect fauna of Kuwait. Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, 24 (1), 145 - 162.

Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid Wasps of the World. A Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 695 pp.

Gadallah, N. S. & Assery, B. M. (2004 b) Revision of the subfamily Larrinae (Sphecidae, Hymenoptera) in the Jeddah region (west of Saudi Arabia), with a checklist of larrine wasps known from Saudi Arabia. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 81, 13 - 28.

Gadallah, N. S., Al Dhafer, H. M., Aldryhim, Y. N., Fadl, H. & El Gharbawy, A. A. (2013) The digger wasps of Saudi Arabia: New records and distribution, with a checklist of species (Hym.: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae). North-western Journal of Zoology, 9 (2), 345 - 364.

Gillett, M. & Gillett, C. (2005) Insects & other arthropods. In: Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (Eds.), The Emirates, a Natural History. Trident Press Ltd., London, pp. 168 - 195 + 352 - 356 + 377 - 379.

Hamer, I. (1986) Hymenoptera highlights II. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 30, 10 - 16. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 30 / 30 _ 10. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)

Hamer, I. (1988) Hymenoptera highlights V. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 35, 6 - 12. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 35 / 35 _ 06. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)

Howarth, B. & Gillett, M. P. T. (2008) The terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Perry, R. J. (Ed.), Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, pp. 380 - 463.

Pulawski, W. J. (2007). The wasp genus Tachysphex Kohl, 1883 of Sahara, sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 58 (Supplement 1), 1 - 698.

Roche, C. G. (1981) Notes on the bees and wasps of the UAE. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 15, 12 - 20. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 15 / 15 _ 12. htm (accessed 17 August 2019)