Tachysphex schmiedeknechti Kohl, 1883

Tachysphex ornatipennis Gussakovskij 1933:283, ³. Holotype: ³, former Persian province Seistan, now part of Iran and Afghanistan: no specific locality. Synonymized with Tachysphex schmiedeknechti by Pulawski 1971:389.

Distribution in Iran: Sistan & Baluchestan (Gussakovskij 1933; Pulawski 1971; 2007), without exact locality (de Beaumont et al., 1973; Schmidt & Bitsch 2007), East Azerbaijan (Samin & Bagriacik 2015).

General distribution: Afrotropical (Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal); Oriental (India, Sri Lanka); Palaearctic (Afghanistan, Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, Iran, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Yemen).