A preliminary catalogue of the Hymenoptera (Insecta) of the Republic of Djibouti Author Madl, Michael text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2018 2018-12-17 50 2 907 967 journal article 22470 10.5281/zenodo.3776452 a6105493-16c0-4533-a6e2-7ebe3330950d 0253-116X 3776452 Cerceris fischeri SPINOLA , 1839 Cerceris fischeri fischeri SPINOLA, 1838 : EMPEY 1983: 171 (tax., type cat. Afr. reg.). * Cerceris contigua n.sp. : WALKER 1871a: 28 (descr. , Tadjoura ). Cerceris contigua WALKER, 1871 : SCHLETTERER 1887: 467 (tax., original descr., Tadjoura ), 489 (world cat.). Cerceris contigua WALKER, 1871 : ANDRÉ 1889: 30 * (cat.). Cerceris contigua WALKER, 1871 : ANDRÉ 1890: 325 (key, descr. , Tadjura ( Djibouti , not Egypt )). Cerceris contigua WALKER, 1871 : DE DALLA TORRE 1897: 456 (world cat.). Cerceris contigua WALKER, 1871 : INNES BEY 1911: 113 ( Tadjoura , cat. Lord Collection). Cerceris contigua WALKER, 1871 : DE BEAUMONT 1951: 323 (? syn., type lost). Cerceris contigua WALKER, 1871 : EMPEY 1983: 171 (syn., type lost, Tadjoura not mentioned). D i s t r i b u t i o n: Tadjoura . Cerceris fischeri is known from the Afrotropical ( Djibouti , Ethiopia ) and Palaearctic (e.g. Oman , Saudi Arabia ) regions. The record from Djibouti is not mentioned in BOHART & MENKE (1976: 580). Cerceris contigua WALKER, 1871 is a junior homonym of Cerceris contigua (VILLERS, 1789) .