Liris atratus

Liris atratus (Spinola, 1805) Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait (Al-Houty 1989 as Liris nigrita (Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1845)), Qatar (Abdu & Shaumar 1985 as Notogonidea nigrita), United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988 both as Liris atrata; Gillett & Gillett 2005 as L. atrata; Howarth & Gillett 2008 as L. atrata; Schmid-Egger 2014). Extralimital distribution: Mediterranean region to Iran and Central Asia.
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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