On the geographic distribution of Gastrosericus Spinola, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in India Author Ayisha Mawadda, N. V. Author Kumar, P. Girish text Records of the Zoological Survey of India 2022 122 4 415 424 journal article 10.26515/rzsi/v122/i4/2022/165516 2581-8686 13185060 Gastrosericus moricei Saunders, 1910 ( Figures 1–8 ) Gastrosericus moricei E. Saunders, 1910 : 529 , ♂ . Holotype : ♂ , Algeria : Biskra (OXUM, F.D. Morice coll.). Material examined : India : Andhra Pradesh , Guntur district , Nagarjunakonda ( 16°31’19’’N , 79°14’09’’E ), ( 1 female ), 26.vii.1962 , Coll. B. Nath , ZSIK Regd. No. ZSI/ WGRC/IR/INV/17857 . Note : The specimen studied here is similar to the Indian populations as mentioned by Pulawski (1995) . In the examined specimen, femora of all legs blackish brown and fore and mid tibiae light ferruginous dorsally, and hind tibiae blackish brown. Distribution : India : Andhra Pradesh ( new state record ), Gujarat , Rajasthan . Elsewhere: Algeria ; Bahrain ; Burkina Faso ; Egypt ; Gambia ; Israel ; Libya ; Mali ; Mauritania ; Morocco ; Niger ; Oman ; Pakistan ; Saudi Arabia ; Senegal ; Somalia ; Sri Lanka ; Sudan ; Tajikistan ; Thailand ; Togo ; Tunisia ; United Arab Emirates ; Uzbekistan ; Yemen ( Pulawski, 1995 ; Pulawski, 2021 ).