A catalogue of the family Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea Author Madl, Michael Author D, Chalybion Author L, Chlorion Author S, Podalonia Author V, Prionyx Author K, Sceliphron text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2023 54 2 563 572 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10414555 0253-116X 10414555 Ammophila rubripes SPINOLA , 1838 Ammophila rubripes SPINOLA , 1838 : WALKER 1871: 17 (taxonomy, Massawa). Ammophila ( Ammophila ) rubripes SPINOLA , 1838 : LECLERCQ 1955: 77 (taxonomy, Eritrea ( GIORDANI SOIKA 1939b ), catalogue Afrotropical region), 80 (key), 99 (tab. 1: distribution in Africa). * Ammophila ( Ammophila ) propinqua TASCHENBERG , 1869 : GIORDANI SOIKA 1939b: 105 (taxonomy, Keren). D i s t r i b u t i o n: Massawa, Keren. Ammophila rubripes is known from the Afrotropical ( Angola , Eritrea , Ethiopia , Mozambique , Somalia , South Africa , Sudan , Tanzania ) and Palaearctic ( Kuwait , Oman , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates ) regions. The record from Eritrea is not mentioned in INNES BEY (1911: 110) .