An annotated catalogue of the genus Tachysphex Kohl, 1883 of Iran (Hymenoptera Apoidea, Crabronidae) Author Rezaei, Shohreh Department of Entomology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran. Author Fallahzadeh, Majid Department of Entomology, Jahrom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom, Iran. Author Saghaei, Nazila Department of Entomology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran. Author Sadeghi, Maryam Department of Entomology, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-12-01 4890 1 67 82 journal article 9384 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.1.3 dddb8e0b-7020-4669-9b18-e2c660c9dcc0 1175-5326 4301560 BC7347A3-BE3E-4289-81E8-D70811B83038 Tachysphex consocius Kohl, 1892 Material examined: 3³, Iran , Fars , Larestan ( Hormood Abbasi ), 27°32’06”N , 54°59’02”E , 506m a. s. l. , 3.VIII.2019 - 4.IX.2019 , leg. Sh. Rezaei ; 4³, same data, 4-24.IX.2019 ; 2³, same data, 25.IX.2019 - 4.X.2019 ; 3³, Larestan ( Karmostaj ), 27°31’55”N , 54°26’01”E , 781m a. s. l. , 28.VIII.2019 - 24.IX.2019 , leg. Sh. Rezaei ; 3³, same data, 10-20.IV.2018 ; 1♀ , Shiraz ( Bustan-e Jannat ), 29°36’52”N , 52°28’09”E , 1584m a. s. l. , 10- 20.IV.2018 , leg. Sh. Rezaei ; 1♀ , same data, 17-23.VII.2018 ; 1³, same data, 21- 27.8.2018 ; 1³, same data, 11- 21. V .2019 ; 1³, Dasht-e Arzhan , 29°39’39.047”N , 51°59’3.439”E , 2152m a. s. l. , 29. VI .2019 -VIII.7.2019, leg. Sh. Rezaei ; 1³, Kaftarak , 29°33’34N , 52°41’43”E , 1495m a. s. l. , 15-21. V .2017 , leg. Sh. Rezaei ; Zafar Abad , 29°24’06”N , 52°35’01”E , 1514m a. s. l. , 1-7.X.2019 , leg. Sh. Rezaei. Distribution in Iran : East Azerbaijan ( Pulawski 1971 ; 2007 ; Samin et al . 2015), Mazanderan ( Pulawski 2007 ), without exact locality ( Schmidt & Bitsch 2007 ); Fars ( Atbaei et al . 2015 ; Rezaei & Fallahzadeh 2015 ; Sadeghi et al . 2018 , current study). General distribution: Afrotropical ( Angola , Burkina Faso , Cameroon , Congo, Ethiopia , Gabon , Ghana , Kenya , Lesotho , Malawi , Mali , Mozambique , Namibia , Niger , Nigeria , Senegal , Somalia , South Africa , Tanzania , Togo , Uganda , Zaire, Zambia , Zimbabwe ); Oriental ( India , Nepal , Sri Lanka ); Palaearctic ( Afghanistan , Algeria , Armenia , Austria , Azerbaijan, Botswana , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Egypt , France , Greece , Hungary , Israel , Italy , Kazakhstan , Lebanon , Libya , Morocco , Oman , Portugal , Romania , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Swaziland , Syria , Tajikistan , Tunisia , Turkmenistan , Turkey , Ukraine , United Arab Emirates , Uzbekistan , Yemen ).