Sceliphron madraspatanum pictum (F. Smith, 1856)

Ameri, Ali, Lotfalizadeh, Hussain, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Bagheri, Abdoolnabi & Ebrahimi, Ebrahim, 2024, A preliminary survey of hymenopteran fauna of Iranian mangrove ecosystem, northern part of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea, Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 10 (2), pp. 401-413 : 405-406

Sceliphron madraspatanum pictum (F. Smith, 1856)

Material examined. Bushehr Province, Asaluyeh, Nayband (27°27'24.5"N 52°40'36.5"E, 0±5 m a.s.l), 06.xi.2021, 1♀, Sweeping net, leg. H. Nasserzadeh.

Distribution in Iran. Bushehr, Fars ( Ebrahimi, 2014), Hormozgan ( Ebrahimi, 1993, 2014), Kerman ( Ebrahimi, 2014), Markazi ( Ebrahimi, 2014; Hadi et al. 2014), North Khorasan, Sistan and Baluchestan ( Ebrahimi, 1993, 2014).

Zoogeographical distribution. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Central Asia, China, Greece, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Uzbekistan ( Jahantigh et al., 2017).

Host. In the agroecosystem, mud wasps were found to constitute the third trophic level within the food chain, comprising vegetable crops, insect pests and spiders. Specifically, S. madraspatanum and its role was found to be a potential agent for pest management ( Halder et al., 2012).