Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok XII. - Natura Somogyiensis 27. (Kaposvár, 2015)
Samin H. - Bagriacik N.: A faunistic study on digger wasps (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae, Sphecidae) from Iran
70 Natura Somogyiensis Material and methods The insects were collected from various regions of Iran using entomological net and Malaise trap. The collected specimens were placed in paper envelopes after killing them in a cyanid bottle. After putting the specimens in desiccator for 24 h, they were pinned by using 0, 1 and 2 insect pins and their wings and legs set on appropriate position to facilitate morphological studies. Classification and nomenclature were taken from Ljubomirov & Yildirim (2008) and Pulawski (2015). Results In total 16 species of digger wasps (Crabronidae and Sphecidae) were collected and identified. The list of species is given below in alphabetic order with distributional data. Family Sphecidae (Latreille, 1802) Subfamily Ammophilinae Genus Podalonia Femald, 1927 Podalonia tydei (Le Guillou, 1841) Material examined: West Azarbaijan province, Urmia, 37°33'N 45°00'E, 2$, June 2012. Distribution outside Iran: Africa, Asia including Arabia and the Mediterranean region. Subfamily Sceliphrinae Genus Sceliphron Klug, 1801 Sceliphron destillatorium (Illiger, 1807) Material examined: Ardabil province, Germi, 39°00'N, 47°57'E, 2$, August 2013. Distribution outside Iran: Southern and warmer parts of central Europe, southwestern Asia (Turkey, Palestine), Kazakhstan and Central Asia. Sceliphron spirifex (Linnaeus, 1758) Material examined: Ilam province, Ilam, 33°4TN, 46°16'E, 1$, June 2012. Distribution outside Iran: Southern Europe, Africa and southwest Asia. Subfamily Sphecinae Genus Palinodes Kohl, 1890 Palmodes strigulosus (A. Costa, 1861) Material examined: Kurdistan province, Kamyaran, 34°55'N, 46°55'E, 1$, July 2007. Distribution outside Iran: Southern Europe, Kazakhstan, Turkey. Genus Sphex Linnaeus, 1758 Sphex oxianus Gussakovskij, 1928 Material examined: Mazandaran province, Babol, 36°30'N, 52°35'E, 2$, June 2014. Distribution outside Iran: Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrghyzstan, Palestine, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan.
