Further addition to the crabronid fauna of Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea (Spheciformes): Crabronidae), with new genera and species records, and the description of two new species Author Abu El-Ghiet, Usama M. Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia & Plant Protection Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt Author Gasib, Abdulmajeed M. Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia Author Al-Fifi, Zarrag I. A. Biology Department, Faculty of Science, Jazan University, Saudi Arabia Author Edmardash, Yusuf A. Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt text Zootaxa 2023 2023-07-25 5319 2 151 177 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5319.2.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.2.1 1175-5326 8182309 CA4A5CD6-EDF0-40AD-A25C-FAD5C36F3C61 Tachysphex fugax ( Radoszkowski, 1877 ) Fig. 14A–F Tachytes fugax Radoszkowski, 1877: 30 , ♁. Diagnosis. Body length: 7.0 mm. Body entirely black (including antennae and legs) ( Fig. 14A–C, E ); clypeal lobe flat, with at most a rudimentary bevel in female, angulate laterally in male; labrum greatly concealed by clypeus; antennal flagellomeres elongate, distinctly longer than broad, without sensory areas ( Fig. 14B, C ); length of flagellomere IV 4.0–4.5× apical width in female and 2.2–2.8× in most males; frons punctatorugose; mesoscutum and mesopleuron densely punctate ( Fig. 14C, D ), with puncture one diameter apart, much denser posteriorly at junction with scutellum; propodeum longitudinally ridged, setae directed obliquely anterad ( Fig. 14D ); hind coxa more or less expanded at base dorsally; bottom of male fore femoral notch glabrous, microscopically ridged; outer margin of fore basitarsus in most males with 3–5 rake spines; outer apical spine of male tarsomere II no longer than tarsomere III; T 1–3 with apical silvery fasciae ( Fig. 14A ). FIGURE 14. Tachysphex fugax ( Radoszkowski, 1877 ) (♀): A, dorsal habitus; B, frontal view of head; C, lateral view of head and thorax; D, dorsal view of thorax and gaster (part); E, pygidial plate; F, fore and hind wings. Material examined: 1♀ , Farasan, Abdulmajeed farm [16 Q 42.07970’N; 42 Q 08.5781’E], 23–30.ix.2022 . Previous Saudi Arabian records: Adriyah, El Riyadh , Fayfa, South Jeddah , Wadi Maraba ( Pulawski 2007 ) . Distribution: Algeria , Angula, Austria , Azerbaijan, Botswana , Bulgaria , Burkina Faso , Burundi , Canary Islands, Central African Republic , Comoro Islands , Croatia , Cyprus , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Egypt , Ethiopia , France , Georgia, Greece , Guinea , Hungary , Israel , Italy , Ivory Coast , Kazakhstan , Kenya , Lesotho , Madagascar , Mali , Malta , Morocco , Mozambique , Namibia , Portugal , Romania , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Senegal , Serbia , Seychelles , Sierra Lione, Somalia , South Africa , Spain ,? Switzerland , Syria , Tanzania , Tunisia , Turkey , Ukraine , Uzbekistan , Zimbabwe . Comments. Characters of the only female collected from Farasan agrees well with Pulawski’s key (2007: 48, couplet 98).