Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Vespoidea, Scoliidae Author Gadallah, Neveen S. Author Brothers, Denis J. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-03-20 4754 1 176 181 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.18 01b71226-0e57-4959-8133-14bb8951f30e 1175-5326 3719043 AE41E459-DFE0-4130-A12D-86071D99F09E Campsomeriella ( Campsomeriella ) thoracica thoracica (Fabricius, 1787) Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait (Walker & Pittway 1987; Al-Houty 1989 , 2011 ), Oman ( Osten 2005a ; Monks et al. 2019 ), Qatar (Walker & Pittway 1987), Saudi Arabia ( Shalaby 1961 as Campsomeris thoracica eriophora ( Klug 1832 ) ; Walker & Pittaway 1987 ; Gadallah 2004 ; El-Hawagry et al. 2013 ), United Arab Emirates ( Gillett & Howarth 2004 ; Gillett & Gillett 2005 ; Schulten 2007 ; Howarth & Gillett 2008 ; Schmid-Egger 2017 ), Yemen ( Schmid-Egger 2017 ). Extralimital distribution: Northern Africa ( Senegal to Democratic Republic of the Congo to Sudan and Morocco to Egypt ), southern Europe ( Spain to Romania to Turkey ), Syria and Iran to Pakistan ( Betrem & Bradley 1972 ; Osten & Özbek 1999 ; Osten 2000 , 2002 ; Özbek & Anlaş 2007 ; Samin et al. 2014 ).