Sphecodes pinguiculus Perez, 1903

Published records.

Blüthgen 1924: 509, as Sphecodes persicus; Warncke 1992: 52 (map); Ascher and Pickering 2018 (Iran, without province).

Material examined.

Fars: Monti steppici, 5 km N Di Persepolis, 6.VII.1965, (1 ♀), leg. Giordani Soika, Mavromoustakis [PCMS]. Hamadan: Hamadan, 10.VIII.1964, (1 ♂), leg. G. Bohart [PCMS]. Khuzestan: Half Tapeh, 300 km N di Abadan, Canale Dario, 30.VI.1965, (1 ♀), leg. Giordani Soika, Mavromoustakis [PCMS]. Tehran: Elburz, Pulour, 22 km N di Ab Ali, 11.VII.1965, (1 ♀), leg. Giordani Soika, Mavromoustakis [PCMS] .

Distribution.

South Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Israel, Iran (*Fars, Hamadan, *Khuzestan, Tehran), Central Asia, Mongolia, China (Gansu, Inner Mongolia), Russia (east to Buryatia), Cape Verde Islands.