Stizoides tridentatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Distribution in Iran: East Azerbaijan (Handlirsch 1892; Ohl 1999), Golestan (Radoszkowski 1871), Isfahan (Ohl 1999), South Khorasan (de Beaumont 1970).

General distribution: Algeria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Mongolia, Morocco, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.

Remarks: This species was first reported as Stizus bifasciatus Latreille, 1805 by Radoszkowski (1871). Two subspecies, Stizoides tridentatus unifasciatus (Radoszkowski, 1877) (de Beaumont 1970; Ohl 1999) and Stizoides tridentatus tridentatus (Handlirsch 1892; Ohl 1999) have been recorded from Iran.