Tachysphex cheops de Beaumont, 1940 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Oman (Pulawski 2007), Saudi Arabia (Pulawski 2007; Gadallah et al. 2013), United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Pulawski 2007; Howarth & Gillett 2008; Straka & Schmid-Egger 2017). Extralimital distribution: Egypt, Israel, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, Pakistan, Somalia.