Prionyx viduatus (Christ, 1791)

Distribution in Iran: Mazandaran (Ebrahimi 1993, 2014), North Khorasan (Kohl & Handlirsch 1889), Sistan-o Baluchestan (Ebrahimi 1993; Sakenin et al. 2010; Ebrahimi 2014), Tehran (Ebrahimi 1993, 2014).

General distribution: Afghanistan, Algeria, Cameroon, Canary Islands, China, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Greece, Guinea, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Malta, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Oman, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Western Sahara, Yemen, Zaire.

Remarks: This species was first recorded as Sphex viduatus by Kohl & Handlirsch (1889).