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Philanthus ammochrysus W. Schulz, 1905 Fig. 4A–E Philanthus ammochrysus W. Schulz, 1905: 59, ♁. Diagnosis. Body length: 11 mm (male). Body generally bright yellow with the following black: ocellar triangle extending to inner eye margin above emargination, large spot above antennal sockets, spot at posterior eye margin that narrows posteriorly (Fig. 4A– E); F3–11 (except F3 ventrally) (Fig. 4B), clypeal moustache (Fig. 4B), three longitudinal bands on mesoscutum connected basally and apically (Fig. 4D), scutellum and postscutellum laterally (Fig. 4C), basal triangle of propodeum (Fig. 4D), mesosternum laterally, large irregular area on metapleuron, dorsal basal streak on hind femur (Fig. 4E), apical margins of gastral terga. Gastral T 3 yellow with two black markings baso-laterally, T 6 black with narrow yellow band apically (Fig. 4E), S 2 with black bands apically and basally, with two small black markings basolaterally, S 3 –S 5 with black band basally, S 6 black. Face densely punctate (Fig. 4B); clypeal moustache long and dense, meeting medially (Fig. 4B); mesoscutum sparsely punctate (Fig. 4D), scutellum and postscutellum smooth and shiny (Fig. 4D); propodeal dorsum smooth and shiny, with median rugose suture (Fig. 4D); upper mesopleuron smooth, lower mesopleuron densely punctate (Fig. 4C); mesosternum coarsely punctate; hind coxa without keel; gastral T 1–3 densely punctate, with large interspaces, punctures sparser and superficial on rest of terga (Fig. 4E); gastral S 2 mostly smooth, dull; S 3–6 coarsely punctate. Male genitalia (see Fig. 23A). Female: Not available. Material examined: 1♁, Wadi Degla, 21.vi.2022, on Ochradenus baccatus Delile (Resedaceae), Alyaa A. Malash collector (EFC). Distribution in Egypt: Wadi Degla (present study). Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Comment: This species is a new record for Egypt. Characters of the only specimen collected agree with de Beaumont’s key (1949: 180, couplet 9). It also agrees with de Beaumont’s (1949: 178, fig. 5) except in the absence of the two median black spots between antennal sockets. It differs from the Tunisian male in having apical margins of gastral terga black, and T 3 with two black markings laterally (in Tunisian male, apical markings of terga are ferruginous, T 3 has no black markings laterally, see Ben Khedher et al. 2021: 7, fig. 1B), but agrees with fig. 3B (Ben Khedher et al. 2021: 8)., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on pages 160-162, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Schulz, W. A. (1905) Hymenopteren - Studien. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 147 pp.","de Beaumont, J. (1949) Les Philanthus et Philiponidea de l'Afrique du N. - O. (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 22, 173 - 216.","Ben Khedher, H., Yildirim, E. & Braham, M. (2021) A checklist of Philanthini and Pseudoscoliini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with new records from Tunisia. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 147, 1 - 10. https: // doi. org / 10.3157 / 061.147.0101"]}

Philanthus minor Kohl, 1891 Figs 9A–D, 10A–E Philanthus minor Kohl, 1891: 358, ♀. Diagnosis. Body length: 12 mm (female), 12 mm (male). Female with head and thorax black and following parts yellow: postero-lateral margin of head, lower face (not reaching inner eye emargination laterally, and forming trifid marking medially between antennal bases, far from median ocellus), clypeus, basal half of mandible, first three antennal segments, and inner side of fourth segment, pronotum, scutellum, postscutellum, tegula, upper mesopleuron; gaster with all terga yellow banded with ferruginous and black; legs yellow and ferruginous (Figs 9A–C, 10A). The yellow is more developed in male, extending to middle ocellus, and with two small, rounded spots on head posterior margin; mesoscutum with two middle as well as lateral yellow makings, yellow of mesoscutum interrupted medially; first three gastral terga largely yellow, surrounded with light ferruginous, T 4–6 mainly black, each with narrow, medially interrupted yellow band posteriorly (Figs 9D, 10B–E). Male clypeal moustache dense, meeting medially (Fig. 9D); pronotum distinctly emarginate medially (Fig. 9B, C); propodeal enclosure with coarsely sculptured, broad median sulcus, sculpture covering whole basal area of propodeum as inverted triangle (Fig. 10A, E); upper mesopleuron smooth and shiny (Fig. 10C, D); hind femur with relatively long fine setae, about as long as greatest femur width (Figs 9A, 10A). Material examined: 1♀, Dahshour, 15.iii.1927 (AUCE); 1♁, Burg, 4.V. 1955, Sh. M. collector (EFC). Previous Egyptian Records: Dahshour (Kohl 1891; Honoré 1942; de Beaumont 1949; Roche 2007), no specific locality (Dalla Torre 1897; de Beaumont 1953), Marsa Matruh (Guichard 1994; Gadallah 1996; Roche 2007). Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates. Remarks. Characters of Egyptian specimens agree with Guichard’s key (1994: 208, couplet 8), however, in the male, the ferruginous extends along the first three gastral terga (Fig. 10E). They also agree with the North African specimens of de Beaumont (1949: 179, couplet 8)., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Kohl, F. F. (1891) Zur Kenntnis der Hymenopteren - Gattung Philanthus Fabr. (sens. lat.). Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 6, 345 - 370.","Honore, A. (1942) Introduction a l'etude des Sphegides en Egypte (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 26, 25 - 80.","de Beaumont, J. (1949) Les Philanthus et Philiponidea de l'Afrique du N. - O. (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 22, 173 - 216.","Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the Sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149.","Dalla Torre, K. W. (1897) Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. VIII. Fossores (Sphegidae). Guilelmi Engelmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig], 749 pp.","de Beaumont, J. (1953) Hymenopteres recoltes par une mission suisse au Maroc (1947). Sphecidae 2. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 32, 107 - 131.","Guichard, K. M. (1994) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212.","Gadallah, N. S. (1996) Review of the genus Philanthus F. in Egypt with notes on little known species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 74, 68 - 80."]}

Philanthus pallidus Klug, 1845 Figs 11A–E, 12A, B. Philanthus pallidus Klug, 1845: [28], plate 47, fig. 8, ♁. Diagnosis. Body length: 11–13 mm (female); 10–13 mm (male). Body entirely yellow, except the following black in the male: flagellomeres 2–11, a thin streak above eye emargination, posterior margins of mesoscutum and scutellum, scutellum laterally; median sulcus of propodeum; posterior margin of T 1 and T 2 ferruginous (Figs 11A–E, 12A, B). Lower face sparsely punctate, while deeply and densely punctate above eye emargination (Fig. 11B, D, E); malar space very short, but distinct (Fig. 12A); clypeal moustache long, meeting medially (Fig. 11D, E); clypeus with but few fine setae directed above; upper mesopleuron (mesepimeron) with sparse microscopic punctures to nearly smooth, lower mesopleuron densely coarsely punctate (Fig. 12A, B); propodeal enclosure smooth and shiny, with rugose or shagreened median sulcus (Fig. 11A, C). Material examined: 1♀, Gebel Elba (Wadi Aideb), 28–29.ii.1938 (PPDD); 5♁, 2♀, Gebel Elba (Wadi Aideb), 5.iii.1938 (PPDD); 3♁, Gebel Elba (Wadi Aideb), 7.iii.1938 (PPDD); 1♀, Kafr Asfar, 4.vi.1937 (AUCE); 1♁, EL Gabal El Asfar, 1.viii.1937; 1♁, Kafr Farouk, 9.vii.1939 (AUCE); 1♁, Giza (without date) (AUCE); 2♀, El Gabal El Asfar, June (no year) (AUCE). Previous Egyptian Records: Abbasyiah (Kohl 1891; Dalla Torre 1897), no specific locality (Arnold 1925; Mochi 1939; de Beaumont 1949, 1953, 1956; Bohart & Menke 1976; Guichard 1994), El Gabal El Asfar (Honoré 1942), Gebel Elba (Wadi Aideb) (Gadallah 1996), Kerdasa, Kom Oshiem (Roche 2007), Wadi El Tih (Dollfuss 2017). Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, United Arab Emirates. Remarks. The characters of Egyptian specimens agree with the North African specimens of de Beaumont (1949: 179, couplet 9). They also agree with the Arabian species of Guichard (1994, couple 8, p. 208). However, they differ from those of Guichard’s in having the malar space very short but significant (Fig. 12A). In some specimens, face and thorax laterally are whitish (Figs 11B, E, 12A)., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on pages 170-172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Klug, F. (1845) Symbolae Physicae seu Icones et Descriptiones Insectorum quae ex Itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem Frederici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg Medicinae et Chirurgiae Doctorum Studio Novae aut Illustratae redierunt. Decas Quinta. Officina Academica, Berolini, 41 pp., pls. 41 - 50.","Kohl, F. F. (1891) Zur Kenntnis der Hymenopteren - Gattung Philanthus Fabr. (sens. lat.). Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 6, 345 - 370.","Dalla Torre, K. W. (1897) Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. VIII. Fossores (Sphegidae). Guilelmi Engelmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig], 749 pp.","Arnold, G. (1925) The Sphegidae of South Africa. Part VI. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 11, 137 - 175.","Mochi, A. (1939) Revisione delle Specie egiziane dei Generi Philanthus F. e Nectanebus Spin. (Hymenoptera: Sphegidae - Philanthinae). Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 23, 86 - 139.","de Beaumont, J. (1949) Les Philanthus et Philiponidea de l'Afrique du N. - O. (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 22, 173 - 216.","de Beaumont, J. (1953) Hymenopteres recoltes par une mission suisse au Maroc (1947). Sphecidae 2. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 32, 107 - 131.","de Beaumont, J. (1956) Sphecidae (Hym.) recoltes en Libye et au Tibesti par M. Kenneth M. Guichard. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 4, 165 - 215.","Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid wasps of the world. A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 1 color pl., IX + 695 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1525 / 9780520309548","Guichard, K. M. (1994) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212.","Honore, A. (1942) Introduction a l'etude des Sphegides en Egypte (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 26, 25 - 80.","Gadallah, N. S. (1996) Review of the genus Philanthus F. in Egypt with notes on little known species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 74, 68 - 80.","Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the Sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149.","Dollfuss, H. (2017) The Philanthinae wasps of the \" Biologiezentrum - Linz \" - collection in Linz, Austria, including the genera Aphilanthops Patton, Clypeadon Patton, Odontosphex Arnold, Philanthinus de Beaumont, Philanthus Fabricius, Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski and Trachypus Klug. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 49, 1245 - 1274."]}

Philanthus sulphureus F. Smith, 1856 Philanthus sulphureus F. Smith, 1856: 469, ♁. Remarks. This species was described from northern India. In his list of insects probably collected by J. Lord in Egypt and determined by F. Walker, Innes Bey (1912 [1911]) recorded P. sulphureus from Egypt based on Walker’s label as sulfureus collected from Wadi Feiran (as Wady Ferran, South Sinai). Walker’s specimen was destroyed by dermestids, therefore, it must be regarded as being a doubtful record., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on page 184, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Smith, F. (1856) s. n. In: Catalogue of Hymenopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. Part IV. Sphegidae, Larridae and Crabronidae. Taylor and Francis, London, pp. 207 - 497.","Innes Bey, W. (1912 [1911]) Une liste d'especes recueillis probablement par S. Lord en Egypte et determinees par F. Walker. Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 1911, 97 - 115."]}

Philanthus variegatus ecoronatus Dufour, 1854 Figs 20A–C, 21A–C Philanthus ecoronatus Dufour, 1854: 380, ♁. Diagnosis. Body length: 14 mm (female); 11.6 mm (male). Philanthus variegatus ecoronatus differs from the nominotypical subspecies in the following: mesonotum shiny black (Fig. 21B) (shiny ferruginous in P. variegatus variegatus (Fig. 19D)); scutellum and postscutellum ferruginous (Fig. 21B), propodeum black with two lateral yellow patches (Fig. 21B) (rest of thorax yellow in P. variegatus variegatus, except black median sulcus (Fig. 19C–E)); mesoscutum sparsely punctate, punctures becoming dense posteriorly (Fig. 21B) (nearly smooth, impunctate in P. variegatus variegatus, densely punctate at junction with scutellum (Fig. 19D)); gastral T 2 densely punctate (Fig. 21C) (sparsely punctate in P. variegatus variegatus (Fig. 19E)). Material examined: 1♀, Wadi El-Natroun, 12.v.1990, Neveen Gadallah collector (EFC); 1♀, Wadi El Natroun (Beo Ar Ashra), (18/94?) (EFC); 1♁, Marsa Matruh, 28.ix.1954, Aly collector (ASUE). Previous Egyptian records: Wadi El-Natroun (Gadallah 1996); Marsa Matruh (present study). Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Armenia, Chad, Italy, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, Comment: This subspecies was recorded for the first time from Egypt by Gadallah (1996). The characters agree with de Beaumont’s key (1949: 179, couplet 6) in having mesopleuron and propodeum greatly marked with yellow (Fig. 21A, B); upper mesopleuron densely punctate (Fig. 21A); gaster mostly yellow, narrowly black medially on T 1–4, with terminal depressions ferruginous (Fig. 21C); T 2 more or less densely, finely punctate (Fig. 21C); face entirely pale up to level of inner eye emargination in female (Fig. 20B), and dark reddish brown to ferruginous in male (Fig. 20C); scutellum and postscutellum ferruginous (Fig. 21B). It differs from de Beaumont description in having the pale colour of the face ivory white and extending very close to the middle ocellus (in de Beaumont’s specimens, 1949: 178, the pale colour of the face is yellow, and touching the middle ocellus, see fig. 1). The Tunisian specimen (Ben Khedher et al. 2021: 8, fig. 3J) is identical to de Beaumont’s. This may be a sexual difference (the Egyptian specimen is a female, while de Beaumont’s 1949 and Ben Khedher et al. 2021, specimens are males). The specimen of Wadi El Natroun, 12.v.1990 (EFC) was misidentified by Giles Roche as P. dufouri Lucas. However, it differs from P. dufouri in having the scutellum ferruginous (Fig. 21B) (clearly black in P. dufouri); gastral terga predominantly yellow, narrowly black medially (Fig. 21C) (black in P. dufouri, with yellow markings clearly delimited)., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on pages 179-182, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Dufour, L. (1854) Signalements de quelques especes nouvelles ou peu connues d'Hymenopteres algeriens. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Serie 3, 1, 375 - 382.","Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A. L. M. (1845) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hymenopteres. Vol. 3. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 646 + 4 pp., pls. 25 - 36.","Spinola, M. (1839) Compte-rendu des Hymenopteres recueillis par M. Fischer pendant son voyage en Egypte, et communiques par M. le Docteur Waltl a Maximilien Spinola. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 7, 437 - 546.","Gadallah, N. S. (1996) Review of the genus Philanthus F. in Egypt with notes on little known species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 74, 68 - 80.","Ben Khedher, H., Yildirim, E. & Braham, M. (2021) A checklist of Philanthini and Pseudoscoliini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) with new records from Tunisia. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 147, 1 - 10. https: // doi. org / 10.3157 / 061.147.0101","de Beaumont, J. (1949) Les Philanthus et Philiponidea de l'Afrique du N. - O. (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 22, 173 - 216."]}

Philanthus schulthessi Maidl, 1924 Figs 15A–C, 16A, B, 17A–D Philanthus schulthessi Maidl, 1924: 242, ♀. Diagnosis. Body length 11–13.5 mm (female). Greatly resembles female of P. minor, but differs from that species in having the body punctures conspicuously denser (Figs 15A–C, 16A, B, 17A–D); metapleuron densely pilose (inconspicuous in P. minor) (Fig. 16A); colour pattern of gaster (Fig. 16C, 17B); antenna whitish basally and pale reddish at the rest (Figs 15B, 17B) (basal segments yellowish and the rest of flagellum black in P. minor (Fig. 9C)); gastral terga with conspicuously denser punctures, interspaces smaller than puncture diameter, thus appearing dull (Figs 16C, 17B) (less dense, with larger interspaces and shiny in P. minor (Fig. 9A)). Material examined: 1♀, Marsa Matruh, 15.ix.1957, Aly collector (ASUA); 1♀, Marsa Matruh, vii.1952, Dr. T. S. collector (ASUA); 1♀, Marsa Matruh, 20.viii.1955, Aly collector (ASUA) (all were mistakenly identified as P. minor); a photograph from the OÖLM: 1♀, Marsa Matruh, 22–29.viii.1954, collector? (det. W.J. Pulawski, 1978). Previous Egyptian records: Marsa Matruh (Dollfuss 2017; present study). Extralimital distribution: Chad, Libya Mauritania, Sudan. Remarks. In his Mauritanian paper, de Beaumont (1953) has mistakenly identified P. schulthessi as P. minor. However, because of some differences between the specimens examined by him and the true minor (the ocelloocular distance; the degree of emargination of pronotum; the dense punctures; and the colour of gastral T 1 and T 2) he treated it as a subspecies of P. minor. In 1956, comparing his Mauritanian specimens with schulthessi from Wadi Wour (an island near Khartoum, Sudan), he found them conspecific, and thus he corrected the Mauritanian minor subsp. of 1953 to be P. schulthessi. The specimens examined from the ASUA collection were identified as P. minor, by comparing them with the photos of P. schulthessi received from OÖLM, they were found to be conspecific. Their characters also agree well with the Libyan specimen of de Beaumont’s P. schulthessi (1956:184) and to a large extent with figs 15, 16 (de Beaumont, 1956:184). All specimens under study as well as that photographed by OÖLM were collected from Marsa Matruh between May and September (1952–1957)., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on pages 172-178, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Maidl, F. (1924) Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der mit Unterstutzung der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien aus der Erbschaft Treitl von F. Werner unternommenen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Anglo-Agyptischen Sudan (Kordofan) 1914. XV. Hymenoptera E. Scoliidae et Sphegidae. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. MathematischNaturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I, 99, 233 - 246.","Spinola, M. (1839) Compte-rendu des Hymenopteres recueillis par M. Fischer pendant son voyage en Egypte, et communiques par M. le Docteur Waltl a Maximilien Spinola. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 7, 437 - 546.","Dollfuss, H. (2017) The Philanthinae wasps of the \" Biologiezentrum - Linz \" - collection in Linz, Austria, including the genera Aphilanthops Patton, Clypeadon Patton, Odontosphex Arnold, Philanthinus de Beaumont, Philanthus Fabricius, Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski and Trachypus Klug. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 49, 1245 - 1274.","de Beaumont, J. (1953) Hymenopteres recoltes par une mission suisse au Maroc (1947). Sphecidae 2. Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles et Physiques du Maroc, 32, 107 - 131.","de Beaumont, J. (1956) Sphecidae (Hym.) recoltes en Libye et au Tibesti par M. Kenneth M. Guichard. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 4, 165 - 215."]}

Philanthus rutilus Spinola, 1839 Figs 13A–C, 14A–C. Philanthus rutilus Spinola, 1839: 488, ♀, ♁. Diagnosis. Body length: 12.4 mm (female); 12.5 mm (male). Body relatively large, with body in female predominantly black, with tegula, scutellum, posterior margins of T 3–5 and legs ferruginous; clypeus and lower face yellow not reaching middle ocellus (Figs 13A, 14A). Male with clypeus and face whitish, whitish extending to middle ocellus; thorax entirely black (tegula yellow), gaster with T 1 ferruginous, while T 2 and T 3 yellow, with intersegments and base of T 1 black; T 4 &T 5 almost black (with very thin, hardly seen yellow streaks postero-laterally), F3–11 black; face and clypeus ivory white (Figs 13B, 14B, C). Face and clypeus with dense, fine and long pilosity (Fig. 14A–C), male clypeal moustache dense, ending very close to each other but not, or hardly joining medially (Fig. 14B); malar space insignificant (Fig. 14C); mandible coarsely longitudinally ridged (Fig. 14A); thorax with dense pilosity but shorter than on head (Fig. 14C); thoracic sterna with dense and longer fine pilosity; upper mesopleuron (mesepimeron) densely punctate, sculpture on lower mesopleuron (mesepisternum) greatly masked by long and dense pilosity (Fig. 14C); propodeum with median, somewhat broad median groove, lateral surface shiny but with some points (Fig. 13C). Material examined: 1♁, Wadi Al Awsag, 16.12.1930, det. Mochi (PPDD); 1♁, Mataria, 1.iv.1917 (AUCE); 1♁, Wadi Morrah, 7.iv.1925 (AUCE); 1♁, Kafr Hakim, 20.iii.1926 (AUCE); 1♁, Kafr Farouk, 12.ii.1929 (AUCE); 1♀, Pyramids, 4.iii.1931 (AUCE); 1♁, Kafr Gammus, 17.ii.1935 (AUCE); 2♁, El Gabal El Asfar, 7.ii.1937 (AUCE); 3♁, 1♀, Kafr Farouk, 26.ii.1939 (AUCE); 1♁, Kafr Farouk, 20.ii.1939 (AUCE) Previous Egyptian Records: No specific locality (Spinola 1839, 1843 as P. byssinus; Dalla Torre 1897; Mellor 1928 as P. rutilans; Mochi 1939; de Beaumont 1949, 1956, 1960, 1961 all as P. rutilus rutilus; Bohart & Menke 1976 as P. rutilus rutilus), near Giza (Pyramids) (A. Costa 1875), Maadi (Storey 1916 as P. rutilans), El Gabal El Asfar, Kafr Farouk (Honoré 1942; Roche 2007), Abu Rawash, Ameriah, Dahshour, El Marg, Wadi Awsag (Gadallah 1996 as P. rutilus rutilus), Gebel Elba (Gadallah 1996; Dollfuss 2017), Beni Yussef (Roche 2007). Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Chad, Israel-Palestine, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Yemen. Remarks. The characters of our specimens agree with the North African specimens of de Beaumont (1949: 178, couplet 3), and with the Arabian specimens of Guichard (1994: 208, couplet 2)., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on page 172, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Spinola, M. (1839) Compte-rendu des Hymenopteres recueillis par M. Fischer pendant son voyage en Egypte, et communiques par M. le Docteur Waltl a Maximilien Spinola. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 7, 437 - 546.","Spinola, M. (1843) Sur la synonymie des Hymenopteres. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Bulletin Entomologique, 11, XXXV - XXXVIII.","Dalla Torre, K. W. (1897) Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. VIII. Fossores (Sphegidae). Guilelmi Engelmann, Lipsiae [Leipzig], 749 pp.","Mellor, J. E. M. (1928) Notes on certain Hymenoptera, a coleopterous and two dipterous parasites, 1926 - 1927. Bulletin de la Societe Royale Entomologique d'Egypte, 11, 22 - 132.","Mochi, A. (1939) Revisione delle Specie egiziane dei Generi Philanthus F. e Nectanebus Spin. (Hymenoptera: Sphegidae - Philanthinae). Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 23, 86 - 139.","de Beaumont, J. (1949) Les Philanthus et Philiponidea de l'Afrique du N. - O. (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 22, 173 - 216.","de Beaumont, J. (1956) Sphecidae (Hym.) recoltes en Libye et au Tibesti par M. Kenneth M. Guichard. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 4, 165 - 215.","de Beaumont, J. (1960) Sphecidae de l'ile de Rhodes (Hym.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 33, 1 - 26.","de Beaumont, J. (1961) Notes sur les Philanthus palearctiques (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 33, 201 - 212.","Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid wasps of the world. A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 1 color pl., IX + 695 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1525 / 9780520309548","Costa, A. (1875) Relazione di un viaggio per l'Egitto, la Palestina et le coste della Turchia asiatica per ricerche zoologiche. Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche, 7 (2), 1 - 40.","Storey, G. (1916) List of the Hymenoptera Tubulifera and Aculeata in the collection of the Ministry of Agriculture of Egypt. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique d'Egypte, 4, 100 - 117.","Honore, A. (1942) Introduction a l'etude des Sphegides en Egypte (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 26, 25 - 80.","Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the Sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149.","Gadallah, N. S. (1996) Review of the genus Philanthus F. in Egypt with notes on little known species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 74, 68 - 80.","Dollfuss, H. (2017) The Philanthinae wasps of the \" Biologiezentrum - Linz \" - collection in Linz, Austria, including the genera Aphilanthops Patton, Clypeadon Patton, Odontosphex Arnold, Philanthinus de Beaumont, Philanthus Fabricius, Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski and Trachypus Klug. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 49, 1245 - 1274.","Guichard, K. M. (1994) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212."]}

Philanthus venustus (Rossi, 1790) Crabro venustus Rossi, 1790: 94, sex not stated. Remarks. This species is cited to occur in Egypt by Innes Bey (1912 [1911]) as P. melliniformis F. Smith, that was synonymized with P. venustus by Kohl (1891). This record was also based on Walker’s specimens from Sinai and Tadjoura. The species is known to occur in Israel, but has not been otherwise recorded from Egypt. Therefore, this record should be treated with suspicion until otherwise confirmed., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on page 186, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Rossi, P. (1790) Fauna Etrusca sistens insecta quae in Provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit Petrus Rossius. Vols. 1 & 2. Thomae Masi & Sociorum, Liburni [Livorno], XXII + 272 pp. & 348 pp., X pls.","Innes Bey, W. (1912 [1911]) Une liste d'especes recueillis probablement par S. Lord en Egypte et determinees par F. Walker. Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 1911, 97 - 115.","Kohl, F. F. (1891) Zur Kenntnis der Hymenopteren - Gattung Philanthus Fabr. (sens. lat.). Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 6, 345 - 370."]}

Philanthus variegatus Spinola, 1839 Fig. 19A–E Philanthus variegatus Spinola, 1839: 484, ♀, ♁. Diagnosis. Body length: 10–12 mm (female), 12–13 mm (male). Body generally yellow, with some areas black and ferruginous; in female clypeus and face ivory white extending to eye emargination laterally, and reaching middle ocellus above; in male ivory white is replaced by clear yellow, with small black spot just above antennal sockets; head posteriorly ferruginous, the colour not reaching head posterior margin; mesoscutum ferruginous, black posteriorly; gastral terga with ferruginous intersegments (Fig. 19A–E); malar space inconspicuous (Fig. 19A, B); male clypeal moustache dense, with incurved setae, not joining medially (Fig. 19B); apex of clypeus with three inconspicuous teeth in male (Fig. 19B); pronotum with slight but distinct emargination anteromedially (Fig. 19A); both mesepimeron and mesepisternum densely punctate (Fig. 19C); propodeal dorsum smooth and shiny, with rugose middle sulcus (Fig. 19D, E); gastral T 2 finely, superficially punctate (Fig. 19E). Male genitalia (see Fig. 23D). Material examined: 1♁, 1♀, Marsa Matruh, 22–29.viiii.1954 (FFC); 1♁, Marsa Matruh, 10.v.1930, HC. E. & M.I. collectors (EFC); 1♀, Burg, 16–20.iv.1956 (EFC); 1♀, without collecting data (EFC); 2♁, Wadi Degla, 16. iv.1952, Shefix & Pries. collectors (EFC); 2♁, Burg, 16–20.iv.1956, Sh. H. collector (EFC); 1♁, Kafr Hakim, 19.vii.1933, on grasses (PPDD); 1♀, Manshiet Radwan, 9.v.1934, on flowers (PPDD); 1♁, Kafr Hakim, 15.vi.1935 (PPDD); 1♀, Berkash, 24.iii.1935, collector? on Lupinus (PPDD); 1♀, Kerdasa, 23.iv.1936 (PPDD); 1♀, Abu Rawash, 18.vii.1925 (PPDD); 1♀, 24.vi.1934 (PPDD); 3♀, 5♁, Marsa Matruh, 15.ix.1957, Aly collector (ASUA); 2♁, Marsa Matruh, 20.viii.1955, Aly collector (ASUA). Previous Egyptian Records: Abu Rawash, Berkash, Burg, Kafr Hakim, Kerdasa, Manshiet Radwan, Marsa Matruh, El Seuf, Wadi Degla, Wadi El Natroun (Gadallah 1996 as P. variegatus variegatus), Dahshour, Saqqara (Honoré 1942), El Gabal El Asfar (Roche 2007 as P. variegatus variegatus). Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Azerbaijan, China, Iran, Israel-Palestine, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates. Remarks. Our specimens agree well with de Beaumont’s key (1961: 211, couple 8)., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on page 179, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Spinola, M. (1839) Compte-rendu des Hymenopteres recueillis par M. Fischer pendant son voyage en Egypte, et communiques par M. le Docteur Waltl a Maximilien Spinola. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 7, 437 - 546.","Gadallah, N. S. (1996) Review of the genus Philanthus F. in Egypt with notes on little known species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 74, 68 - 80.","Honore, A. (1942) Introduction a l'etude des Sphegides en Egypte (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 26, 25 - 80.","Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the Sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149."]}

Philanthus genalis Kohl, 1891 Figs 7A, B, 8A–E Philanthus genalis Kohl, 1891: 349, ♀, ♁. Diagnosis. Body length: 11−12 mm (female); 9.0− 12 mm (male). Body predominantly yellow with some areas black (Figs 7A, B, 8A–E); yellow face area in female ending far from middle ocellus, while in male it extends to middle ocellus; head with long fine silvery setae extending to level of middle ocellus in frontal view (Fig. 8A, B); malar space relatively long, about 2/3 length of F 1 in male (Fig. 8D) and half length of F 1 in female (Fig. 8C); clypeal moustache of male meeting medially (Fig. 8B); pronotum straight anteriorly (Fig. 7A, B); propodeal enclosure smooth and shiny, with smooth median sulcus (Fig. 7A, B); upper mesopleuron nearly smooth and shiny, lower mesopleuron with microscopic superficial punctures (Fig. 8C, D). Material examined: 1♁, 1♀, Wadi Degla, 4.iv.1928 (AUCE); 1♁, Suez Road, 15.ix.1929 (AUCE); 1♁, Fayoum, 8.iii.1935 (AUCE); 1♁, 1♀, Marsa Matruh, viii.1953, Dr. T. S. collector (ASUA); 1♁, Kom Oshiem, 4.iv.1953, Aly collector (ASUA); 1♁, Wadi El Natroun, 2.iv.1951, Roh. collector (ASUA). Previous Egyptian Records: Tor (S. Sinai) (Kohl 1891), Fayoum (El Khawagat), Kerdasa, Hammamat Faraoun (S. Sinai), Wadi Degla (Mochi 1939; Honoré 1942; Roche 2007), Sinai Peninsula (Roche & Zalat 1994), Dakhla Oasis, Kom Oshiem, Wadi El Natroun (Gadallah 1996), Dahshour, Wadi El Tih (Dollfuss 2017). Extralimital distribution: Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Sudan, United Arab Emirates. Remarks. Characters of Egyptian specimens agree well with Guichard’s key (1994: 208, couplet 4). They also agree with de Beaumont’s description (1961: 202) as well as couplet 4 (de Beaumont 1961: 211), but differ in the malar space length: in our specimens the male malar space equals 2/3 the length of F1, and about half length of F 1 in female (in male, equal to F1, and in female 2/3 length of F 1 in de Beaumont’s key). Our specimens agree also with de Beaumont’s figs 4, 5 (1961: 207)., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on page 165, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Kohl, F. F. (1891) Zur Kenntnis der Hymenopteren - Gattung Philanthus Fabr. (sens. lat.). Annalen des k. k. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums, 6, 345 - 370.","Mochi, A. (1939) Revisione delle Specie egiziane dei Generi Philanthus F. e Nectanebus Spin. (Hymenoptera: Sphegidae - Philanthinae). Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 23, 86 - 139.","Honore, A. (1942) Introduction a l'etude des Sphegides en Egypte (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Bulletin de la Societe Fouad Ier d'Entomologie, 26, 25 - 80.","Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the Sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149.","Roche, C. G. & Zalat, S. M. (1994) The Sphecidae (order: Hymenoptera) of the Sinai Peninsula. In: Proceedings of the First Egyptian-Hungarian Conference on Environment, St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 5 - 7 April 1993. Suez Canal University, Ismailia, pp. 113 - 118.","Gadallah, N. S. (1996) Review of the genus Philanthus F. in Egypt with notes on little known species (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Egypt, 74, 68 - 80.","Dollfuss, H. (2017) The Philanthinae wasps of the \" Biologiezentrum - Linz \" - collection in Linz, Austria, including the genera Aphilanthops Patton, Clypeadon Patton, Odontosphex Arnold, Philanthinus de Beaumont, Philanthus Fabricius, Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski and Trachypus Klug. Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 49, 1245 - 1274.","de Beaumont, J. (1961) Notes sur les Philanthus palearctiques (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 33, 201 - 212."]}

Philanthus triangulum obliteratum Pic, 1917 Philanthus triangulum v. nov. obliteratum Pic, 1917: 2, sex not stated. Remarks. The syntypes of this species from Algeria and Egypt (with no specific locality) are cited to be deposited in M. Pic’s collection, which may be now in the MNHN. Since the status of this subspecies has never been firmly established, we do not include it in the list of Egyptian Philanthus., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on page 186, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Pic, M. (1917) Notes hymenopterologiques. L'Echange, Revue Linneenne, 381, 1 - 4."]}

Philanthus triangulum abdelcader Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845 Fig. 18A–E Philanthus abdelcader Lepeletier, 1845: 33, ♀, ♁. Diagnosis. Body length: 9–12 mm (female); 12–17 mm (male). This subspecies varies greatly in body size and colour. Body generally black and yellow; head with clypeus and face ivory white extending to eye emargination in both sexes (Fig. 18A, B); ivory white area just above clypeus bifurcate in females (Fig. 18A), trifurcate in males (Fig. 18B); head with two ferruginous bands postero-laterally (Fig. 18C, D); antenna thickened medially (Fig. 18A, C); malar space very short (Fig. 18A, C); male clypeal moustache long and dense, joining medially (Fig. 18B); female clypeus with 4–5 distinct teeth at apex, with two teeth in male and fringed with long reddish setae; mesopleuron entirely densely punctate (Fig. 18C); propodeum densely punctate dorsally (Fig. 18D, E); gastral terga punctate (Fig. 18E), while sterna almost smooth. Male genitalia (see Fig. 23C). Material examined: 12♁, Maadi, 19.iv.1912, LHS collector (PPDD); 5♀, 2♁; Giza, 1.iii.1913 (PPDD); 10♁, Maadi, 6.iii.1913, LHS collector (PPDD); 2♁, Pyramids, 17.iv.1914 (PPDD); 1♁, Hadaiq El Kuba, 16.v.1914, Naguib collector (PPDD); 4♁, Abu Rawash, 4.x.1914 (AUCE); 2♁, Banha, 30.v.1914 (PPDD); 1♁, Wadi Nesour, 23.x.1925 (PPDD); 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar, 25.x.1925 (PPDD); 3♁, 1♀, Kafr Hakim, 30.i.1926 (PPDD); 1♁, Zinein, 6.vii.1930, on sugarcane (PPDD); 1♁, Nubia, 23.vii.1930, on sugarcane (PPDD); 1♀, Embaba, 13.viii.1930, on sugarcane (PPDD); 1♁, Gebel Elba, 30.i.1933 (PPDD); 2♀, 1♁, Abu Rawash, 23.vii.1933 (PPDD); 1♀, Helwan, 1.iii.1934, Farag collector (EFC); 1♁, Wadi Garawi (Helwan), 10.iii.1934 (PPDD); 1♀, Helwan, 27.xii.1934, Farag collector (EFC); 1♀, Helwan, 22.i.1935, Farag collector (EFC); 2♁, Abu Rawash, 24.ii.1935, on flowers (PPDD); 1♀, Helwan, 21.xii.1935, Farag collector (EFC); 1♀, Helwan, 21.i.1936, Farag collector (EFC); 1♁, Abu Rawash, 11.iv.1939, Shaaban collector (EFC); 1♁, Abu Rawash, 12.v.1951, Roh. collector (ASUA); 1♀, Embaba, 13.xii.1952, Aly collector (ASUA); 2♁, Fayoum, 5.v.1952, Saleh collector (ASUA); 1♁, 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar, 1.i.1953, Aly collector (ASUA); 1♁, 1♀, Cairo, 2.i.1953, Aly collector (ASUA); 1♀, Ain Shams, 5.i.1953 (EFC); 2♁, Giza, 5.i.1953 (EFC); 1♁, Cairo, 13.i.1953, Aly collector (ASUA); 2♀, 1♁, Giza, 15.i.1953 (EFC); 2♀, 5♁, Pyramids, 19.i.1953, Aly collector (ASUA); 1♁, Giza, 7.ii.1953 (EFC); 1♀, 10.ii.1953, El Kharga (New Valley), Aly collector (ASUA); 1♀, Giza, 14.ii.1953 (EFC); 1♁, Barrage, 2.iii.1953 (EFC); 1♀, Giza, 15.iii.1953 (EFC); 1♀, 1♁, 3.v.1953 (EFC); 2♁, Girza (Giza), 9.v.1953 (EFC); 1♀, 1♁, Giza, 13.v.1953 (EFC); 1♁, Berkash, 10.x.1953, Aly collector (ASUA); 1♁, Giza, 2.i.1955, Dawlatly collector (EFC); 1♀, Burg El Arab, 12.ix.1955, Abdalla collector (EFC); 1♀, Giza, 8.xi.1955, Abdalla collector (EFC); 21♀, 2♁, Burg El Arab, 16–20.vi.1956, Shafix collector (EFC); 3♀, Burg El Arab, 10.vi.1960, Abdalla collector (EFC); 1♁, Burg El Arab, 10.iii.1961, Shafix collector (EFC); 1♀, Suez, 14.ii.1962, Dawlatli collector (EFC); 1♁, Magadlah, 7.iii.1978 (PPDD); 1♁, Mansoura, 16.ii.1986 (PPDD); 1♁, Wadi El Natroun (rest house), 2.vii.1996 (EFC); 1♀, Giza, 26.iii, ??? on flowers (EFC); 1♁, Maadi, 7.v.1913 (AUCE); 1♁, Ezbet Hulayil, 29.v.1913 (AUCE); 1♀, Kerdasa, 12.iv.1914 (AUCE); 3♁, Helwan, 29.x.1920 (AUCE); 3♁, Abu Rawash, 4.x.1924 (AUCE); 2♁, 1♀, Kerdasa, 8.ix.1926 (AUCE); 1♀, El Gabal El Asfar, 14.i.1931 (AUCE); 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar (AUCE); 2♁, El Gabal El Asfar, 4.ii.1934 (AUCE); 2♁, Fayoum, 29.iv.1935, A. Rabinovitch collector (AUCE); 1♁, Magadlah, 24.iii.1936 (AUCE); 2♁, El Gabal EI Asfar, 14.i.1936 (AUCE); 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar, 29.i.1936 (AUCE); 1♁, El Gabal El Asfar, 19.ii.1936 (AUCE); 2♁, Kafr Farouk, 19.ii.1939 (AUCE); 2♁, 1♀, without collecting data (EFC); 1♀, Giza, v.2022, Yusuf Edmardash collector (EFC). Previous Egyptian Records: Abu Rawash, Abu Sir, Dakhla Oasis (Tineida), Fayoum (Hawarah, Karanis, Kom El Atl), El Gabal El Asfar, Helwan, Ismailia, Kerdasa, Kom Oshiem, El Minya, Saqqara, Rafah (N. Sinai), (Roche 2007), Abukir (de Beaumont 1966), between Fayoum and Nile (A. Costa 1875 as P. Abdelkader), Heliopolis and Hor Tamanib (Walker 1871 as P. Abdelkader), Ramla near Alexandria (Lucas 1880 as P. abdelcader), Sinai Peninsula (Roche & Zalat 1994), Embaba, Pyramids, Berkash, Kharga, Wadi El Natroun, Giza, Wadi Nesour, Nubia, Mansoura, Wadi Garawi (10 km south east Helwan), Zinein, Banha, Maadi, Hadaiq El Kuba, Magadlah, Gebel Elba (present study). Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Cameroon, Iraq, Israel-Palestine, Italy, Libya, Madagascar, Morocco, Oman, Spain, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on pages 178-179, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292, {"references":["Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, A. L. M. (1845) Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Hymenopteres. Vol. 3. Librairie Encyclopedique de Roret, Paris, 646 + 4 pp., pls. 25 - 36.","Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the Sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149.","de Beaumont, J. (1966) Quelques Sphecidae de la faune d'Egypte (Hym.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 38, 203 - 212.","Costa, A. (1875) Relazione di un viaggio per l'Egitto, la Palestina et le coste della Turchia asiatica per ricerche zoologiche. Atti della R. Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche, 7 (2), 1 - 40.","Walker, F. (1871) A list of Hymenopterous insects collected by J. K. Lord, Esq. in Egypt, in the neighbourhood of the Red Sea, and in Arabia. With descriptions of the new species. E. W. Janson, London, 59 + IV pp. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8818","Lucas, H. (1880) Une note relative a un Hymenoptere apivore. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Serie 5, 10, CXXXVII - CXXXVIII.","Roche, C. G. & Zalat, S. M. (1994) The Sphecidae (order: Hymenoptera) of the Sinai Peninsula. In: Proceedings of the First Egyptian-Hungarian Conference on Environment, St. Catherine, Sinai, Egypt, 5 - 7 April 1993. Suez Canal University, Ismailia, pp. 113 - 118."]}

Philanthus pulawskii sp. nov. Fig. 22A–D Type material: Holotype (♀) (EFC), Egypt: North Coast, El Hammam (Marsa Matrouh Governorate) [30 Q 51′21′′N 29 Q 21′18′′E], 28.viii.2022, sweep net, Alyaa A. Malash collector (with head, thorax and gaster separated, head and gaster glued on a triangular card). Description of female holotype: Body length: 12 mm, forewing length: 5.6 mm. Colouration: Body partly ivory white (with yellow hue in some areas), partly black: face whitish below antennal sockets extending laterally to eye emargination and mesally to middle ocellus, except for two small black spots slightly above antennal sockets, black above emargination laterally; first three antennal segments ivory, rest of antenna reddish brown ventrally and black dorsally; mandible ivory with brownish outer margin and darkened tip; pronotal collar, scutellum and postscutellum ivory, pronotal lobe ivory, mesoscutum black (except just before tegula), propodeum black (except for relatively large lateral whitish to yellowish marking), humeral plate and tegula ivory white (Fig. 22A–D), wing membrane hyaline, pterostigma pale brown with dark brown border, veins brownish; propleuron (except for small whitish marking above) and metapleuron black, mesopleuron black, ivory anterodorsally and dorsally (Fig. 22C), legs whitish (except mid and hind coxae yellow and hind femur black, white distally) (Fig. 22C), T 1 ferruginous apically with thin ivory band basally, T 2, T 4 and T 6 ivory, T 3 ivory, narrowly interrupted medially and black basally, with small, rounded black spot laterally on each of lateral spots, T 5 entirely black (Fig. 22D), S 2 – S 3 ivory with black bands apically, S 4 – S 5 ivory, pygidial plate brownish. Head (Fig. 22A): face (below antennal sockets) including clypeus mostly smooth, clypeus shiny, simple, with median lobe slightly bulging medially, with two lateral rounded teeth apically; mandible mostly smooth, face (above antennal sockets) densely punctate in black area, coarsely and densely punctate in yellow area, malar space insignificant; F1-6 distinctly wider than long. Thorax (Fig. 22B, C): pronotal collar smooth, shiny with rounded shoulders, straight anteriorly; mesoscutum shiny, with deep, sparse punctures, scutellum smooth, with few superficial punctures; black area of propodeum including dorsal enclosure shiny, smooth with thin, inconspicuously shagreened median sulcus, lateral whitish area of propodeum with dense coarse punctures, propleuron finely striated transversely, upper mesopleuron nearly smooth, lower mesopleuron densely punctate. hind tibia with 5 spines along its length arranged in two longitudinal rows, hind basitarsus with 6 spines along its length. Gaster (Fig. 22D): T 1 – T 3 with coarse, dense punctures, denser on T 1 and T 2 (especially among whitish bands), black basal area of T 2 nearly smooth, T 4 – T 6 with sparse moderate punctures, all sterna with very few sparse, fine punctures, last (epipygium) tergum parallel-sided, covered with fine setae. Male: Unknown. Etymology: This species is named in honour of the sphecid expert W. J. Pulawski, who confirmed that the species is an undescribed one. Egyptian localities: Known only from El Hammam, North Coast of Egypt (present study). Comment: The new species does not agree with any of the North African species. It moves to couple 12 in de Beaumont’s key of the African species (1961: 212) between P. ammochrysus and P. schulthessi. It differs from both in having lower face nearly smooth and shiny (distinctly punctate in P. ammochrysus (densely) and schulthessi (less densely)). It resembles P. schulthessi and P. minor in having hind femur with long setae ventrally, however, differs from both in having a nearly smooth linear sulcus of propodeal dorsum (sulcus coarsely rugose and extending to the base in the form of a triangle in P. minor and P. schulthessi), in addition to a different colour pattern., Published as part of Malash, Alyaa A., Edmardash, Yusuf A. & Gadallah, Neveen S., 2023, The genera Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 and Philanthinus de Beaumont, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Philanthinae) in Egypt, with a new record and the description of a new species, pp. 151-189 in Zootaxa 5249 (2) on page 184, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7687292

The digger wasps of the genera Philanthinus de Beaumont and Philanthus Fabricius (Crabronidae: Philanthinae) of Egypt are reviewed. One species in Philanthinus and 10 in Philanthus are recorded. Philanthus ammochrysus is newly recorded for the country, and a new species, Philanthus pulawskii Malash, Edmardash and Gadallah is described. The following species and subspecies are doubtful records: Philanthus sulphureus F. Smith, P. venustus (Rossi), and P. triangulum obliteratum Pic. A key to the Egyptian species of Philanthus is provided. Illustrations to all important characters of species under study are also provided.

Genus Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 Philanthus Fabricius, 1790: 224. Type species: Philanthus coronatus Fabricius, 1790 [= Sphex coronatus Thunberg, 1784], designated by Shuckard, 1837: 246. Diagnosis. Apical antennal article rounded and a little flattened at apex which bears an oval polished area extending onto ventral surface; a subantennal sclerite present and defined by lines from antennal sockets through tentorial pits to clypeus; pronotum raised and not closely appressed to scutum; hindwing media diverging near or in front of Cu-a; female sternum VI not cleft apically (Bohart & Menke 1976). Distribution. Palearctic, Ethiopian, Nearctic, Neotropical and Oriental Region (Bohart & Menke 1976, Pulawski 2021)., Published as part of Kumar, P. Girish, Monks, Joseph & Sheikh, Altaf Hussain, 2021, Additions to the knowledge on the genus Philanthus Fabricius, 1790 (Hymenoptera Crabronidae: Philanthinae) from the Indian subcontinent, pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 4999 (1) on page 2, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4999.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5089243, {"references":["Fabricius, J. C. (1790) Nova Insectorum genera. Skrivter af Naturhistorie Selskabet, KjObnhavn, 1, 213 - 228.","Shuckard, W. E. (1837) A few observations upon the habits of the indigenous aculeate Hymenoptera, suggested by M. de St. Fargeau's paper upon the genus Gorytes in the first number of the ' Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France'. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1, 52 - 60. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1837. tb 03179. x","Bohart R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid wasps of the world. A generic revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London, 1 color pl., IX + 695 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1525 / 9780520309548","Pulawski, W. J. (2021) Catalog of Sphecidae. Available from: http: // research. calacademy. org / ent / catalog _ sphecidae / (accessed 12 May 2021)"]}

Philanthus pallidus Klug, 1845 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Oman (Guichard 1980 as Philanthus schulthessi Maidl, 1924, 1994a; Roche 2007), Saudi Arabia (Guichard 1994a; Gadallah & Assery 2004a; Gadallah et al. 2013), United Arab Emirates (Roche 1981; Hamer 1986, 1988; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Howarth & Gillett 2008; Schmid-Egger 2011, 2014; Gess & Roosenschoon 2016). Extralimital distribution: Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Israel, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan., 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, {"references":["Klug, F. (1845) Symbolae Physicae seu Icones et Descriptiones Insectorum quae ex Itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem Frederici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg Medicinae et Chirurgiae Doctorum Studio Novae aut Illustratae redierunt. Decas Quinta. Officina Academica, Berolini, 41 pp., pl. 41 - 50.","Guichard, K. M. (1980) A preliminary account of sphecid wasps of Oman (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of Oman Studies, Spec. Rep., 2, 223 - 232.","Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.4314 / ejnh. v 4 i 1.70967","Guichard, K. M. (1994 a) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212.","Gadallah, N. S. & Assery, B. M. (2004 a) A review of Sphecidae (with the exception of Larrinae) of the Jeddah region (west of Saudi Arabia), with a checklist of species known from Saudi Arabia. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 36, 215 - 239.","Gadallah, N. S., Al Dhafer, H. M., Aldryhim, Y. N., Fadl, H. & El Gharbawy, A. A. (2013) The digger wasps of Saudi Arabia: New records and distribution, with a checklist of species (Hym.: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae). North-western Journal of Zoology, 9 (2), 345 - 364.","Roche, C. G. (1981) Notes on the bees and wasps of the UAE. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 15, 12 - 20. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 15 / 15 _ 12. htm (accessed 17 August 2019)","Hamer, I. (1986) Hymenoptera highlights II. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 30, 10 - 16. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 30 / 30 _ 10. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Hamer, I. (1988) Hymenoptera highlights V. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 35, 6 - 12. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 35 / 35 _ 06. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Gillett, M. & Gillett, C. (2005) Insects & other arthropods. In: Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (Eds.), The Emirates, a Natural History. Trident Press Ltd., London, pp. 168 - 195 + 352 - 356 + 377 - 379.","Howarth, B. & Gillett, M. P. T. (2008) The terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Perry, R. J. (Ed.), Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, pp. 380 - 463.","Schmid-Egger, C. (2011) Order Hymenoptera, families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4, 488 - 608.","Gess, S. K. & Roosenschoon, P. A. (2016) A preliminary survey of flower visiting by aculeate wasps and bees in the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve, UAE. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 52, 81 - 141. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / jhr. 52.10034"]}

Philanthus loeflingi Dahlbom, 1845 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen (Guichard 1994a; Dollfuss 2017). Extralimital distribution: Tropical Africa., 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, {"references":["Guichard, K. M. (1994 a) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212.","Dollfuss, H. (2017) The Philanthinae wasps of the \" Biologiezentrum Linz \" - collection in Linz, Austria, including the genera Aphilanthops Patton, Clypeadon Patton, Odontosphex Arnold, Philanthinus de Beaumont, Philanthus Fabricius, Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski, and Trachypus Klug. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 49, 1245 - 1274."]}

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, {"references":["Murai, M. N. & Amr, Z. S. (2011) Sphecidae and Crabronidae of the Al Thawrah Nature Reserve, northern Syria, with a checklist of the species known from Syria. Zoology in the Middle East, 53 (1), 107 - 120. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 09397140.2011.10648868","Al-Houty, W. (1989) Insect fauna of Kuwait. Fahad Al-Marzouk Printing and Publishing Establishment, University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 186 pp.","Al-Houty, W. (1997) Checklist of the insect fauna of Kuwait. Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, 24 (1), 145 - 162.","Guichard, K. M. (1980) A preliminary account of sphecid wasps of Oman (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of Oman Studies, Spec. Rep., 2, 223 - 232.","Guichard, K. M. (1994 a) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212.","Beaumont, J. de (1962) Sphegiden aus Zentral-Arabien der Ausbeute Dr. Diehl (Hym.). Beitrage zur naturkundlichen Forschung in Sudwestdeutschland, 21, 221 - 224.","Gadallah, N. S. & Assery, B. M. (2004 a) A review of Sphecidae (with the exception of Larrinae) of the Jeddah region (west of Saudi Arabia), with a checklist of species known from Saudi Arabia. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 36, 215 - 239.","Gadallah, N. S., Al Dhafer, H. M., Aldryhim, Y. N., Fadl, H. & El Gharbawy, A. A. (2013) The digger wasps of Saudi Arabia: New records and distribution, with a checklist of species (Hym.: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae). North-western Journal of Zoology, 9 (2), 345 - 364.","Schmid-Egger, C. (2011) Order Hymenoptera, families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4, 488 - 608."]}

Philanthus minor Kohl, 1891 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988 both as Philanthus soikai de Beaumont, 1961 or P. minor; Guichard 1994a; Howarth & Gillett 2008; Schmid-Egger 2011, 2014). Extralimital distribution: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Mali, Mauritania, Sudan, Tunisia., 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, {"references":["Hamer, I. (1986) Hymenoptera highlights II. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 30, 10 - 16. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 30 / 30 _ 10. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Hamer, I. (1988) Hymenoptera highlights V. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 35, 6 - 12. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 35 / 35 _ 06. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Beaumont, J. de (1961) Les Liris du bassin mediterraneen (Hym. Sphecid.). Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 34, 213 - 252.","Guichard, K. M. (1994 a) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212.","Howarth, B. & Gillett, M. P. T. (2008) The terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Perry, R. J. (Ed.), Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, pp. 380 - 463.","Schmid-Egger, C. (2011) Order Hymenoptera, families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4, 488 - 608."]}

Philanthus triangulum (Fabricius, 1767) Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait (Walker & Pittaway 1987; Al-Houty 1989, 1997); Oman (Walker & Pittaway 1987; Guichard 1994a; Roche 2007; Dollfuss 2017), Saudi Arabia (Walker & Pittaway 1987; Guichard 1994a; Gadallah & Assery 2004a; El-Hawagry et al. 2013; Gadallah et al. 2013; Dollfuss 2017), United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Howarth & Gillett 2008; Schmid-Egger 2011, 2014), Yemen (Walker & Pittaway 1987; Dollfuss 2017). Extralimital distribution: West Palaearctic, Africa., 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, {"references":["Walker, D. H. & Pittaway, A. R. (1987) Insects of Eastern Arabia. Macmillan, London, 191 pp.","Al-Houty, W. (1989) Insect fauna of Kuwait. Fahad Al-Marzouk Printing and Publishing Establishment, University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait, 186 pp.","Al-Houty, W. (1997) Checklist of the insect fauna of Kuwait. Kuwait Journal of Science and Engineering, 24 (1), 145 - 162.","Guichard, K. M. (1994 a) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212.","Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.4314 / ejnh. v 4 i 1.70967","Dollfuss, H. (2017) The Philanthinae wasps of the \" Biologiezentrum Linz \" - collection in Linz, Austria, including the genera Aphilanthops Patton, Clypeadon Patton, Odontosphex Arnold, Philanthinus de Beaumont, Philanthus Fabricius, Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski, and Trachypus Klug. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 49, 1245 - 1274.","Gadallah, N. S. & Assery, B. M. (2004 a) A review of Sphecidae (with the exception of Larrinae) of the Jeddah region (west of Saudi Arabia), with a checklist of species known from Saudi Arabia. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 36, 215 - 239.","El-Hawagry, M. S., Khalil, M. W., Sharaf, M. R., Fadl, H. H. & Aldawood, A. S. (2013) A preliminary study on the insect fauna of Al-Baha Province, Saudi Arabia, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys, 274, 1 - 88. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 274.4529","Gadallah, N. S., Al Dhafer, H. M., Aldryhim, Y. N., Fadl, H. & El Gharbawy, A. A. (2013) The digger wasps of Saudi Arabia: New records and distribution, with a checklist of species (Hym.: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae). North-western Journal of Zoology, 9 (2), 345 - 364.","Hamer, I. (1986) Hymenoptera highlights II. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 30, 10 - 16. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 30 / 30 _ 10. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Hamer, I. (1988) Hymenoptera highlights V. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 35, 6 - 12. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 35 / 35 _ 06. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Gillett, M. & Gillett, C. (2005) Insects & other arthropods. In: Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (Eds.), The Emirates, a Natural History. Trident Press Ltd., London, pp. 168 - 195 + 352 - 356 + 377 - 379.","Howarth, B. & Gillett, M. P. T. (2008) The terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Perry, R. J. (Ed.), Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, pp. 380 - 463.","Schmid-Egger, C. (2011) Order Hymenoptera, families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4, 488 - 608."]}

Philanthus coarctatus Spinola, 1839 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Arabia (Roche 2007), Oman (Guichard 1980, 1994a; Hamer 1986, 1988; Roche 2007; Dollfuss 2017), Saudi Arabia (de Beaumont 1962; Guichard 1994a; Gadallah & Assery 2004a; Gadallah et al. 2013; Dollfuss 2017), United Arab Emirates (Roche 1981; Hamer 1986, 1988; Guichard 1994a; Gillett & Gillett 2005; Howarth & Gillett 2008; Schmid-Egger 2011, 2014; Dollfuss 2017), Yemen (Dollfuss 2017). Extralimital distribution: Chad, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Mali, Niger, North Africa, Palestine, Sudan, Turkey., 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, {"references":["Roche, C. G. (2007) Conspectus of the sphecid wasps of Egypt (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae, Sphecidae, Crabronidae). Egyptian Journal of Natural History, 4, 12 - 149. https: // doi. org / 10.4314 / ejnh. v 4 i 1.70967","Guichard, K. M. (1980) A preliminary account of sphecid wasps of Oman (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Journal of Oman Studies, Spec. Rep., 2, 223 - 232.","Guichard, K. M. (1994 a) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212.","Hamer, I. (1986) Hymenoptera highlights II. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 30, 10 - 16. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 30 / 30 _ 10. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Hamer, I. (1988) Hymenoptera highlights V. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 35, 6 - 12. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 35 / 35 _ 06. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Dollfuss, H. (2017) The Philanthinae wasps of the \" Biologiezentrum Linz \" - collection in Linz, Austria, including the genera Aphilanthops Patton, Clypeadon Patton, Odontosphex Arnold, Philanthinus de Beaumont, Philanthus Fabricius, Pseudoscolia Radoszkowski, and Trachypus Klug. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 49, 1245 - 1274.","Beaumont, J. de (1962) Sphegiden aus Zentral-Arabien der Ausbeute Dr. Diehl (Hym.). Beitrage zur naturkundlichen Forschung in Sudwestdeutschland, 21, 221 - 224.","Gadallah, N. S. & Assery, B. M. (2004 a) A review of Sphecidae (with the exception of Larrinae) of the Jeddah region (west of Saudi Arabia), with a checklist of species known from Saudi Arabia. Linzer biologische Beitrage, 36, 215 - 239.","Gadallah, N. S., Al Dhafer, H. M., Aldryhim, Y. N., Fadl, H. & El Gharbawy, A. A. (2013) The digger wasps of Saudi Arabia: New records and distribution, with a checklist of species (Hym.: Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae). North-western Journal of Zoology, 9 (2), 345 - 364.","Roche, C. G. (1981) Notes on the bees and wasps of the UAE. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 15, 12 - 20. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 15 / 15 _ 12. htm (accessed 17 August 2019)","Gillett, M. & Gillett, C. (2005) Insects & other arthropods. In: Hellyer, P. & Aspinall, S. (Eds.), The Emirates, a Natural History. Trident Press Ltd., London, pp. 168 - 195 + 352 - 356 + 377 - 379.","Howarth, B. & Gillett, M. P. T. (2008) The terrestrial and freshwater arthropods of Abu Dhabi Emirate. In: Perry, R. J. (Ed.), Terrestrial Environment of Abu Dhabi Emirate. Environment Agency Abu Dhabi, pp. 380 - 463.","Schmid-Egger, C. (2011) Order Hymenoptera, families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4, 488 - 608."]}

Philanthus rutilus Spinola, 1839 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: United Arab Emirates (Schmid-Egger 2011), Yemen (Guichard 1994a). Extralimital distribution: Chad, Mauritania, North Africa, Palestine., 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, {"references":["Schmid-Egger, C. (2011) Order Hymenoptera, families Crabronidae and Sphecidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE, 4, 488 - 608.","Guichard, K. M. (1994 a) The genera Philanthus and Philanthinus (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) in Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 14, 207 - 212."]}

Philanthus nursei (Bingham, 1898) Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen (Bingham 1898 as Trachypus nursei; Bohart & Menke 1976). Extralimital distribution: No records., 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, {"references":["Bingham, C. T. (1898) The aculeate Hymenoptera procured at Aden by Col. Yerbury, R. A. and Capt. Nurse, I. S. C. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 12, 101 - 114.","Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid Wasps of the World. A Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 695 pp."]}

Philanthus variegatus ssp. nabataeus Bytinski-Salz in de Beaumont & Bytinski-Salz, 1959 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Saudi Arabia (Bohart & Menke 1976). Extralimital distribution: Israel., 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, {"references":["Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid Wasps of the World. A Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 695 pp."]}

Philanthus yerburyi Bingham, 1898 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen (Bingham 1898; Bohart & Menke 1976). Extralimital distribution: No records., 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, {"references":["Bingham, C. T. (1898) The aculeate Hymenoptera procured at Aden by Col. Yerbury, R. A. and Capt. Nurse, I. S. C. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 12, 101 - 114.","Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid Wasps of the World. A Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 695 pp."]}

Philanthus subconcolor (Bingham, 1898) Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen (Bingham 1898 as Trachypus subconcolor; Bohart & Menke 1976). Extralimital distribution: No records., 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, {"references":["Bingham, C. T. (1898) The aculeate Hymenoptera procured at Aden by Col. Yerbury, R. A. and Capt. Nurse, I. S. C. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 12, 101 - 114.","Bohart, R. M. & Menke, A. S. (1976) Sphecid Wasps of the World. A Generic Revision. University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 695 pp."]}

Philanthus sp. aff. pallidus Klug, 1845 Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: United Arab Emirates (Hamer 1986, 1988). Remarks: This entry involves a species which may be the same as a named species appearing elsewhere in this list., 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, {"references":["Klug, F. (1845) Symbolae Physicae seu Icones et Descriptiones Insectorum quae ex Itinere per Africam Borealem et Asiam Occidentalem Frederici Guilelmi Hemprich et Christiani Godofredi Ehrenberg Medicinae et Chirurgiae Doctorum Studio Novae aut Illustratae redierunt. Decas Quinta. Officina Academica, Berolini, 41 pp., pl. 41 - 50.","Hamer, I. (1986) Hymenoptera highlights II. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 30, 10 - 16. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 30 / 30 _ 10. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)","Hamer, I. (1988) Hymenoptera highlights V. Bulletin of the Abu Dhabi Natural History Group, 35, 6 - 12. Available from: http: // www. enhg. org / bulletin / b 35 / 35 _ 06. htm (accessed 18 August 2019)"]}

Additional information on the genus Philanthus Fabricius from the Indian subcontinent is provided, with a key to species. Two new synonymies are proposed: Philanthus avidus Bingham, 1896 and P. scrutator Nurse, 1902 are synonymised under P. basalis F. Smith, 1856. P. nepalensis Bingham and P. triangulum Fabricius are reported for the first time from India. The distribution data of P. basalis F. Smith, P. dentatus Cameron, P. depredator F. Smith, P. pulcherrimus F. Smith, and P. ramakrishnae Turner within various states of India are augmented.