Distribution: Morocco, Western Sahara, Botswana, Republic of South Africa, Savanna regions of sub-Saharan Africa from Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Sierra Leone, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic and Mali, Gambia (HÅKANSSON 1981), Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, São Tomé und Principé (Gulf of Guinea), Guinea. Type locality: see comment. arabicus: Yemen; Type locality: EI Kubar, Amiri Country, SW. Arabia" [= EI Kubar, Ad Dali" Govern., SW Yemen, 13°48'N, 44°45'E, elevation 1350 m]. mentalis: Republic of South Africa (from the NW Cape Province northwards to), Namibia.