Sphex torridus F. SMITH 1873

Dollfuss, H., 2008, The Sphecini Wasps of the Genera Chilosphex BOHART & MENKE, Isodontia PATTON, Palmodes KOHL, Prionyx VANDER LINDEN and Sphex LINNAEUS of the " Biologiezentrum Linz " - Collection in Linz, Austria, (Hymenoptera, Apoidea, Sphecidae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (2), pp. 1399-1434 : 1432

Sphex torridus F. SMITH 1873 7, 7

M a d a g a s k a r 3, 7, 30 km E Ambanja Moravato, 1.XII.2001, leg. Pljushich; 1, Antsiranana prov. Ambodidimaka env., E Ambanja, 16.XII.2002, leg. Jenis; 1, Antseranana distr. Sambirana riv. Marovato vill., 5.-12.XII.2001, leg. Horak; 1, 9 km NE Pt. Dauphin Foret de Mandena, 24°57’S 47°00’E, II.2004, leg. Bulirsh; 1, 22 km NE Esira Mt. Belomotra, 1350m, 24°13’S 46°53’E, II.2004, leg. Bulirsh.

The following female and 4 males of Sphex could not be determined: Benin (2), Morocco (1), Turkmenistan (1), USA (1), Zambia (1).