The genus Ctenagenia Saussure, 1892 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in Oman with description of a new species Author Schmid-Egger, Christian Fischerstr. 1, 10317 Berlin, Germany. text Zootaxa 2022 2022-06-13 5154 1 93 96 journal article 73101 10.11646/zootaxa.5154.1.7 4e8cf3c2-bd88-47a9-b5b3-d59af2b1f9f7 1175-5326 6637291 FFD39D99-922C-4942-B720-328C2F4E22B9 Ctenagenia vespiformis (Klug, 1834) ( Figs 1–2 , 9 ) Material examined. Oman : Dhofar prov. : 1♀ 07.ix.2013 , Jabal al Qamar , Wadi al Mughsayi 16.749 N 53.225 E , leg . M. Halada (CSE) ; 1♂ 06.x.2013 , Rakhyut 16.75 N 53.40 E , leg . M. Halada (CSE) ; 1♀ 12.x.2021 , 60 km W Salalah 16.818 N 53.620 E , leg . M. Halada (CSE); 1 ♀ 07.x.2021 , 90 km W Salalah 16.969 N 53.355 E , leg . M. Halada (CSE) ; 4♂ 1♀ 12.x.2021 , 80 km SSW Salalah 16.857 N 53.420 E leg . M. Halada (CSE) ; 1♂ , 1.ix.2019 , Taqah , Ain Athum , 17.117N 54.365E ( leg. et coll. Al Jahdhami ) ; 1♀ , 8.ii.2018 , Rakhyut mountain 16.723N 53.291E ( leg. et coll. Al Jahdhami ); Northern Oman : 1♀ 08.iii.2015 , 2 km S Al Ayshi 23.02 N 57.12 E , leg . M. Halada (OLL) ; 2♂ 6♀ 15.iii.2015 , 17 km W Sur 22.53 N 59.37 E ; leg . M. Halada (OLL) ; 1♀ 12.iii.2022 , 9 km W Jebel Shams 1800 m NN 23.232 N 57.173 E , ( leg et coll . CSE) ; 2♀ 1♂ , 5.iv. 2017 , Alghubaira 22.805N 58.023E ( leg. et coll . Al Jahdhami ) ; 1♀ , 20.vi.2019 , 1♀ , 14.iii.2020 , Samed Ashan 22.849N 58.155E ( leg. et coll . Al Jahdhami ) . Variation. The female from Jebel Shams has a reduced yellow band on T2, which covers only the apical half of the tergite ( Fig. 1 ). T2 is all yellow in the remaining specimens, apart from the black apex ( Fig. 2 ). Distribution in the Arabian peninsula. The species was previously found in Yemen , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates ( Gadallah et al . 2020 ; Schmid-Egger 2017 ). Ctenagenia vespiformis is new to the fauna of Oman and was recorded from both the northern provinces and Dhofar province in the extreme south of Oman .