Sphex flavipennis Fabricius, 1793

Distribution in Iran: Alborz (Ebrahimi 2014), Ardabil (de Beaumont 1957; Ebrahimi 2014; Samin et al. 2015), East Azerbaijan (Ghazi-Soltani et al. 2010a), Fars (Ebrahimi 2014), Golestan, Khorasan-e Razavi, Mazandaran (de Beaumont 1957; Ebrahimi 2014), Guilan, Hamadan (Ebrahimi 2014), Hormozgan (Dollfuss 2008b), Isfahan, Kermanshah (Ebrahimi 2014), Kohgiluyeh-va Boyerahmad (Ebrahimi 1993), Lorestan (Ebrahimi 2014), Markazi (Ebrahimi 2014; Hadi et al. 2014), Qazvin (de Beaumont 1957), Sistan-o Baluchestan (Ebrahimi 2014), Tehran (de Beaumont 1957; Ebrahimi 1993, 2014; Dollfuss 2008b), West Azerbaijan (Ebrahimi 2014); no specific locality (Esmaili & Rastegar 1974).

General distribution: Afghanistan Algeria, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Morocco, Palestine, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan.