Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen (including Socotra Archipelago) ( Kirby 1900, 1903 as Icaria aterrima; Kohl 1906 as Odynerus ( Leptochilus) melanochrous Kohl, 1906 and as Labus aterrimus; Bequaert, 1918 as I. aterrima and as O. ( L.) melanochrous; Giordani Soika 1974 as O. melanochrous and as Leptochilus aterrimus).
Extralimital distribution: No records.