Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula: Yemen ( Wahis 2000a), Saudi Arabia ( Shalaby 1961 as Cyphononyx flavicornis Fabricius, 1781; Abu Zoherah et al. 1993 as C. flavicornis).
Extralimital distribution: Egypt, Ethiopia, Israel, South Africa, Zimbabwe ( Arnold 1932, 1951; Priesner 1955; Haupt 1962).