Sphecodes ephippius (Linnaeus, 1767)

Published records.

Warncke 1992: 42 (map); Ascher and Pickering 2018 (Mazandaran, Zanjan).

Material examined.

Golestan: 40 km Minudasht, 750 m, 1.VI.2014, (1 ♂), leg. J. Halada [PCMS]. Mazandaran: 10 km N Gashar, 2300 m, 7.VI.2014, (1 ♀), leg. J. Halada [PCMS] .

Distribution.

Europe (north to 62°), Caucasus, Turkey, Iran (*Golestan, Mazandaran, Zanjan), Central Asia, Mongolia, Russia (east to Irkutsk Prov.), China (Xinjiang).