Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Chrysidoidea, Sclerogibbidae Author Olmi, Massimo text Zootaxa 2020 2020-03-20 4754 1 131 133 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.13 4f9eb732-1f6a-4d0b-bbfb-804a272e5030 1175-5326 3719033 5202DB78-EF37-4598-B97A-DD05CDA0F82A 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).