Liris niger (Fabricius, 1775)

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988 both as Liris nigra; Gillett & Gillett 2005 as L. nigra; Howarth & Gillett 2008), Yemen (Bingham 1898 as Notogonia pompiliformis (Panzer, [1807–1809])).

Extralimital distribution: Afghanistan, Algeria, Austria, Bulgaria,? Burma, Canary Islands, Central Asia, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary,? India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Malaysia, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain,? Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine.