Sphecodes crassus Thomson, 1870

Published records.

Ascher and Pickering 2018 (Mazandaran).

Material examined. Mazandaran: Elbrus, 50 km S Chalus, 2800 m, 26.VII.1977, (1 ♀, 8 ♂), leg. A. Ebmer [PCMS]. West Azerbaijan: Serou, 1650 m, 28.V.2010, (2 ♀), leg. M. Halada [PCMS].

Distribution.

Europe (north to 64°), Russia (east to Far East), North Africa, Caucasus, Turkey, Iran (Mazandaran, *West Azerbaijan), Central Asia, Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia, Shanxi), Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu).

Variation.

Specimens from Iran differ from specimens from the rest of the range by having an entirely dark metasoma with distinctly punctate T2 in male.