Sceliphron madraspatanum (Fabricius, 1781)

Distribution in Iran: Bushehr, Fars (Ebrahimi 2014), Hormozgan (Ebrahimi 1993, 2014), Kerman (Ebrahimi 2014), Markazi (Ebrahimi 2014; Hadi et al. 2014), North Khorasan, Sistan-o Baluchestan (Ebrahimi 1993, 2014), Tehran (Sakenin et al. 2011b).

General distribution: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Central Asia, China, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Zaire.

Remarks: The subspecies Sceliphron madraspatanum pictum (F. Smith, 1856) has been recorded from Iran (Ebrahimi 1993, 2014).