Prionyx kirbii (Vander Linden, 1827)

(Figure 3 a, b; Map 39)

Ammophila? kirbii Vander Linden, 1827 . Nouvelles Mémoires de l’Académie Royale des Sciences et Belles Lettres de Bruxelles, 4: 360.

Sphex albisectus: Graeffe, 1906: 456 (Ben Arous); Smits van Burgst, 1913: 319 (Tunisia: no specific locality).

Sphex (Parasphex) albisectus: Roth, 1925: 383 (Kairouan, Tunis).

Sphex (Enodia) albisectus: von Schulthess, 1926: 209 (Nabeul, Sfax, Tozeur).

New records (Total 25 ♂, 20 ♀). Beja: Mjez Elbeb, South Mjez ElBeb, 53 m, 15.VIII.2018, 1 ♂ , 17.VIII.2018, 1 ♂; Le Kef: Eastern Le Kef, Boulifa, 521 m, 24.IV.2018, 1 ♀ , Western Le Kef, Semmena, 555 m, 25.IV.2018, 3 ♂, 2 ♀ ; Jendouba: Tabarka, Haouamdia, 58 m, 18.IV.2018, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ , Mejel Roumi, 84 m, 13.IV.2018, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ , Melloula, 120 m, 16.IV.2018, 3 ♂, 2 ♀ ; Kasserine: Sbeitla, Athar, CFPA, 560 m, 03.IX.2018, 2 ♀ ; Kebili: Douz, West Douz, 63 m, 19. V.2018, 2 ♀ , Janouara, Rass Elain, 56 m, 16. V.2018, 1 ♂ ; Mahdia: Ksour Essef, Alya, 1 m, 3.VIII.2018, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ , Sidi Alouane, Chammar, 65 m, 05. V.2018, 1 ♀ , Sidi Alouane 2, 69 m, 09.VIII.2018, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ , Zelba, 49 m, 11.VIII.2018, 1 ♂ ; Sidi Bouzid: Sidi Bouzid East, Elhachria, 326 m, 24.VII.2018, 1 ♂ , West Sidi Bouzid, Elnoua- mer, 333 m, 23.VII.2018, 1 ♂, Zaafria, 394 m, 25.VII.2018, 3 ♀ ; Sousse: Bouficha, 5 m, 14.VII.2017, 1 ♂ , Kalaa Kbira, 45 m, 22.VII.2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ; Tataouine: Ghomrasen, Ghordhab, 159 m, 07. V.2018, 1 ♂ , 08. V.2018, 2 ♂, North Tataouine, Oued Tlelet, 170 m, 12. V.2018, 1 ♂ ; Zaghouan: Bir Halima, 190 m, 10.IV.2018, 1 ♂ .

Additional records (Total 5 ♂, 3 ♀). Kairouan: Chbika, Aouled Zair, 136 m, 29.VIII.2018, 4 ♂, 1 ♀ ; Nabeul: Haouaria, Gharmen, 18 m, 14.IX.2017, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ ; Tozeur: Temeghza, Cascade 2, 247 m, 27.VI.2018, 1 ♀ .

General distribution. Angola, Austria, Bulgaria, Central African Republic, China, Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Malta, Mozambique, North Africa, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen, Zaire (Pulawski 2019).