A catalogue of the family Crabronidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) of Eritrea Author Madl, Michael Author C, Bembecinus Author F, Bembix Author C, Brachystegus text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2023 55 1 241 264 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.10414738 0253-116X 10414738 Stizus vespoides (W ALKER, 1871) Larra vespoides sp.n. : WALKER 1871: 25 (description ♀ , Rafla). Stizus vespoides ( WALKER , 1871 ) : MAGRETTI 1884: 592 (taxonomy, description ♀ , Khor Cheru). Stizus vespoides ( WALKER , 1871 ) : MAGRETTI 1885: 324 (Khor Cheru), 353 (catalogue species collected by expedition). Stizus vespoides ( WALKER , 1871 ) : HANDLIRSCH 1892: 146 (taxonomy, description ♀ ♁, Khor Cheru ( MAGRETTI 1884 ), Ralfa = Rafla ( WALKER 1871 )), 190 (key ♁), 199 (key ♀ ). Stizus vespoides ( WALKER , 1871 ) : DALLA TORRE 1897: 534 (world catalogue: Ralfa = Rafla). Stizus vespoides ( WALKER , 1871 ) : MAGRETTI 1906: 16 (Adartè). Larra vespoides ( WALKER , 1871 ) : INNES BEY 1911: 112 (Rafla, catalogue Lord collection Cairo ). Stizus vespoides ( WALKER , 1871 ) : MANTERO 1917: 367 (Pozzi Hargat = Hagaz). Stizus vespoides ( WALKER , 1871 ) : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 527 (world catalogue: northeastern Africa including Eritrea ). D i s t r i b u t i o n: Adartè, Hagaz, Khor Cheru, Rafla. Stizus vespoides is known from the Afrotropical ( Chad , Niger , Sudan , Djibouti ) and Palaearctic (e.g. Saudi Arabia , Yemen ) regions.