Tachysphex nitidus (Spinola, 1805)

Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait (Al-Houty 1989, 1997), Oman (Guichard 1980; Hamer 1986, 1988; Roche 2007 as Tachysphex nitidus ibericus (de Saussure, 1867)), United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Howarth & Gillett 2008), Saudi Arabia (Pulawski 2007).

Extralimital distribution: Canary Islands, Europe, Israel, Kazakhstan, North Africa, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.