Bembix olivacea Fabricius, 1787

Distribution in Iran: Guilan (Morice 1921), Qazvin, Mazandaran (de Beaumont 1957); No specific locality (Esmaili & Rastegar 1974).

General distribution: Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Chad, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovakia, Somalia, Spain, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Western Sahara, Yemen.

Remarks: This species was first recorded as Bembex mediterranea Handlirsch, 1893 by Morice (1921).