Ancistrocerus nigricornis (Curtis, 1826)

Odynerus nigricornis Curtis, 1826: 137, no. 8 (type locality: Great Britain and Ireland).

Odynerus callosus Thomson, 1870: 87, ♂ (type locality: Sweden).

Odynerus excisus Thomson, 1870: 87, ♂ (type locality: “ Skåne ” [Sweden]).

Ancistrocerus nigricornis var. polonica Blüthgen, 1952: 7, ♀ (type locality: “Serwetsch (Polen)” [Poland]).

Material examined (new records). TURKMENISTAN: 15 km W Firyuza, Dushak, 2.V.1988, 1 ♀, leg. A. Barkalov [ISEN] ; ibid., 18.V.1988, 1 ♀, leg. A. Barkalov [ISEN]; ibid., 20.V.1988, 1 ♀, leg. A. Barkalov [ISEN]. TAJIKISTAN: Tavildara District, Dehi-Kolon near Tavildara, 38°39′N, 70°31′E, 13–17.V.2016, 1 ♀, leg. Yu. Danilov, A. Barkalov, V. Zinchenko [ISEN] ; Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region, Dzhelondy, Biostation, 37.57°N, 72.58°E, 15–18.VII.2018, 1 ♀, leg. A. Barkalov [ISEN].

Distribution. Western, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europe, North Africa, Russia (European part, Urals, Western Siberia, Eastern Siberia, Far East), Turkey, Iran, * Turkmenistan, * Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China (North-East), Japan, India.