In Eritrea the family Pompilidae is represented by 26 species and one subspecies in 15 genera. The subfamily Ceropalinae is recorded with two species of the genus Ceropales LATREILLE, 1797. The subfamily Pepsinae is known by 15 species and one subspecies of the genera Auplopus SPINOLA, 1842 (two species), Cryptocheilus PANZER, 1806 (one species), Cyphononyx DAHLBOM, 1845 (one species, one unidentified species), Dichragenia HAUPT, 1950 (one species), Hemipepsis DAHLBOM,1843 (seven species, one unidentified species) and Pseudagenia KOHL, 1884 (three species, one subspecies). The subfamily Pompilinae is represented by nine species of the genera Ctenagenia DE SAUSSURE, 1892 (one species), Episyron SCHIØDTE, 1837 (one species), Ferreola LEPELETIER DE SAINT-FARGEAU, 1845 (one species), Parabatozonus YASUMATSU, 1936 (one species), Paracyphononyx GRIBODO, 1884 (two species), Platyderes GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE, 1844 (one species), Pompilus FABRICIUS, 1775 (one species) and Schistononyx DE SAUSSURE, 1887 (one species). The correct publication date of the paper of MAGRETTI (Imenotteri dell’ultima spedizione del Capitano Bottego. — Annali del Museo di Storia Naturale di Genova 39: 583-612) is 10.IV.1899.

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