A catalogue of the family Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea Author Madl, Michael Author D, Chalybion Author L, Chlorion Author S, Podalonia Author V, Prionyx Author K, Sceliphron text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2023 54 2 563 572 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10414555 0253-116X 10414555 Prionyx crudelis (SMITH , 1856) Harpactopus crudelis SMITH , 1856 : WALKER 1871: 20 (taxonomy, Harkeko). Sphex ( Prionyx ) crudelis ( SMITH , 1856) : LECLERCQ 1955: 25 (taxonomy, Eritrea ( GIORDANI SOIKA 1939b ), catalogue Africa), 97 (tab. 1: distribution in Africa). Prionyx crudelis ( SMITH , 1856) : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 133 (world catalogue: from Zambia to Libya ). * Sphex ( Harpactopus ) aegyptium LEPELETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU , 1845 : GIORDANI SOIKA 1939b: 105 (taxonomy, Keren). D i s t r i b u t i o n:Harkeko,Keren. Prionyx crudelis , which is widely distributed in the Afrotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions, is also recorded from Ethiopia , Sudan and the Arabian Peninsula ( Kuwait , Oman , Saudi Arabia , United Arab Emirates , Yemen ). The record from Eritrea is not mentioned in INNES BEY (1911: 110) .