Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Crabronidae Author Gadallah, Neveen S. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-03-20 4754 1 20 73 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.6 dc6c4702-4e61-4efc-976d-1192bbd293a7 1175-5326 3719051 F180E4FF-2E26-406D-B988-AA7505CAA90A Tachysphex nitidus (Spinola, 1805) Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait ( Al-Houty 1989 , 1997 ), Oman ( Guichard 1980 ; Hamer 1986 , 1988 ; Roche 2007 as Tachysphex nitidus ibericus (de Saussure, 1867)), United Arab Emirates ( Hamer 1986 , 1988 ; Gillett & Gillett 2005 ; Howarth & Gillett 2008 ), Saudi Arabia ( Pulawski 2007 ). Extralimital distribution: Canary Islands, Europe, Israel , Kazakhstan , North Africa, Syria , Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan .