Zahra Ghaderipour - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Mohammad Khayrandish - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Ebrahim Ebrahimi - Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
Christian Schmid-Egger - Fischerstr. ۱, ۱۰۳۱۷ Berlin, Germany.

New data on the distribution of eight Sphecid wasps species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae) collected from different localities in southern areas of Kerman province (southeast Iran) are presented. The specimens were collected at ۲۱ localities using Malaise traps from April to September ۲۰۱۷. The identified species belong to three subfamilies, Ammophilinae André, ۱۸۸۶ (three species, two genera), Sceliphrinae Ashmead, ۱۸۹۹ (a single species), and Sphecinae Latreille, ۱۸۰۲ (four species, two genera, two tribes). Palmodes parvulus (Roth, ۱۹۶۷) is newly recorded for the Iranian fauna, and its diagnostic characters are presented.

Hymenoptera, digger wasps, Sphecidae, new record, Iran