The genus Lyroda Say, 1837 in Africa and Arabian Peninsula with description of two new species (Hymenoptera, Crabronidae) Author Schmid-Egger, Christian Fischerstr. 1, 10317 Berlin, Germany. Author Al-Jahdhami, Ali 0000-0003-1204-0491 Ali Abdallah Ali AL JAHDHAMI, Al-Mudhaibi, Samad Ashan, P. O. 121 Samad Ashan 423, Oman. entomologistali 96 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1204 - 0491 entomologistali96@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2021 2021-01-21 4915 2 273 281 journal article 8668 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.7 d8c11bac-08ff-4b29-8ffc-81e6fd471afb 1175-5326 4454464 52E9A70B-41DE-41F1-B04E-69984F7BB4E8 Lyroda madecassa Arnold, 1945 Lyroda madecassa Arnold, 1945:91 . Syntypes : ƋƋ and ♀ ♀ , Madagascar : Behara , Bekily (MNHN). Remark and diagnosis : We had no specimens of this species available and we used the characters from the original description for our key. See description of Arnold (1945) for further details Distribution: Madagascar (Pulawski, 2020).