Philanthus variegatus Spinola 1839

Philanthus variegatus Spinola, 1839 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Arabia (Murai & Amr 2011), Kuwait (Al-Houty 1989, 1997), Oman (Guichard 1980, 1994a), Saudi Arabia (de Beaumont 1962; Guichard 1994a; Gadallah & Assery 2004a; Gadallah et al. 2013), United Arab Emirates (Schmid-Egger 2011, 2014). Extralimital distribution: Iran, Israel, Kazakhstan, North Africa, Palestine, Russia, Sudan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan.
Published as part of Gadallah, Neveen S., 2020, Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Apoidea (Spheciformes), Crabronidae, pp. 20-73 in Zootaxa 4754 (1) on pages 20-73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4754.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/3719051
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