Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845

Jahantigh, Fatemeh, Rakhshani, Ehsan, Mokhtari, Azizollah & Ramroodi, Sara, 2017, Catalogue of Ampulicidae, Crabronidae and Sphecidae of Iran (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), Zootaxa 4307 (1), pp. 1-96 : 15

Ammophila heydeni Dahlbom, 1845

Distribution in Iran: Ardabil (de Beaumont 1957; Ebrahimi 2014), Alborz, Hormozgan ( Ebrahimi 1993, 2014), Isfahan (de Beaumont 1957; Ebrahimi 2014), Lorestan (Ebrahimi 2014), East Azerbaijan ( Ghazi-Soltani et al. 2010a; Ebrahimi 2014), Fars, Guilan ( Dollfuss 2013b), Golestan (de Beaumont 1957; Dollfuss 2013b; Ebrahimi 2014), Kerman ( Dollfuss 2013b; Ebrahimi 1993, 2014), Markazi ( Hadi et al. 2014), Mazandaran (de Beaumont 1957; Dollfuss 2013b; Ebrahimi 2014), Qazvin (de Beaumont 1957), Sistan-o Baluchestan ( Gussakovskij 1933), Tehran ( Sakenin et al. 2011b; Ebrahimi 1993, 2014); no specific locality ( Esmaili & Rastegar 1974).

General distribution: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Moldavia, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Yemen.

Remarks: This species was first recorded from Bazman (Kerman province—Gussakovskij 1933), which is a part of Sistan-o Baluchestan province. Two subspecies Ammophila heydeni heydeni ( Sakenin et al. 2011b) and Ammophila heydeni rubriventris A. Costa, 1864 ( Esmaili & Rastegar 1974) have been recorded from Iran.