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 Tachytes basilicus (GUÉRIN- MÉNEVILLE, 1844) Tachytes basilicus ( GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE , 1844) : MAGRETTI 1884: 586 (taxonomy, Aikota). Tachytes basilicus ( GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE , 1844) : MAGRETTI 1885: 293 (Aikota), 353 (catalogue species collected by expedition). Tachytes basilicus ( GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE , 1844) : DALLA TORRE 1897: 688 (world catalogue: Eritrea not mentioned, but MAGRETTI 1884 is cited). Tachytes basilicus ( GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE , 1844) : MAGRETTI 1906: 20 (Ailet (Allatò)). Tachytes ( Tachytes ) basilicus ( GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE , 1844) : TURNER 1917: 3 (key ♁), 6 (key ♀ ), 11 (taxonomy, description ♀ ♁,? Eritrea ( MAGRETTI 1884 )). Tachytes basilicus ( GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE , 1844) : PULAWSKI 1962: 316 (biogeography), 416 (taxonomy, description ♀ ♁, Agordat), 417 (figs 178-180), 419 (figs 181-190). Tachytes basilicus ( GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE , 1844) : BOHART & MENKE 1976: 264 (world catalogue: Eritrea not mentioned). D i s t r i b u t i o n: Agordat, Aikota, Ailet (Allatò). Tachytes basilicus is recorded from the Afrotropical ( Chad , Eritrea , Mali , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Sudan ) and Palaearctic regions.