A catalogue of the Apidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea Author I, Eritrea text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2020 2020-07-31 52 1 337 363 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5273211 0253-116X 5273211 Pasites carnifex (GERSTAECKER , 1869) Omachtes carnifex GERSTAECKER, 1869 : FRIESE 1909b: 437 (cat. Africa, tax., descr. ♂ , Eritrea without locality), 468 (cat. Africa). Pasites carnifex (GERSTAECKER, 1869) : EARDLEY & BROTHERS 1997: 358 (tab. 1: tax.), 363 (tax., tree), 371 (key), 383 (tax., descr. ♀ ♂ , fig. 33, Eritrea (FRIESE 1909)), 384 (figs 34-37). Pasites carnifex (GERSTAECKER, 1869) : EARDLEY & URBAN 2010: 418 (cat. Afr. Reg. ( Eritrea , not Ethiopia ). * Omachtes (!) nigripes n.sp. : FRIESE 1915: 276 ( Eritrea without locality), 296 (descr. ♀ ♂ , Eritrea without locality). Morgania nigripes ( FRIESE, 1915 ): COCKERELL 1919: 190 (tax., cat. Africa). Morgania ( Omachthes ) nigripes ( FRIESE, 1915 ): BISCHOFF 1923: 591 (key, tax., Eritrea without locality). Omachthes nigripes FRIESE, 1915 : EARDLEY & BROTHERS 1997: 383 (syn.). Omachthes nigripes FRIESE, 1915 : RASMUSSEN & ASCHER 2008: 77 (cat. taxa described by Friese). D i s t r i b u t i o n: no exact locality. Pasites carnifex is widely distributed in the Afrotropical Region, but is not recorded from the neighbour countries.