Alastor (Megalastor) mediomaculatus mediomaculatus, Gusenleitner, 1970

Selis, Marco, Ismael, Halgurd R., Hamad, Mudhafar I., Baiocchi, Daniele & Cilia, Giovanni, 2025, A first update to the vespid fauna of Iraq (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), with description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16), pp. 941-981 : 946

Alastor (Megalastor) mediomaculatus mediomaculatus

Giordani Soika, 1952

Literature records

Giordani Soika (1970).

Material examined

IRAQ: Kurdistan, Duhok, Erbil-Duhok Road, 4.5 km N of Ba’adra, Derke , 630 m, 36.7725°N 43.2491°E, 2–6 May 2024, 1 ♂ ( DUMAI); Kurdistan, Duhok, Erbil-Duhok Road, 4.5 km N of Ba’adra, Derke , 630 m, 36.7725°N 43.2491°E, 16–22 May 2024, 1 ♀ ( MSVI); Kurdistan, Duhok, Erbil-Duhok Road, 4.5 km N of Ba’adra, Derke , 630 m, 36.7725°N 43.2491°E, 30 May- 1 June 2024, 1 ♀ ( MSVI); Kurdistan, Duhok, 5 km E of Ashewa, Mt . Gara , 1750–1950 m, 37.0158°N 43.3505°E, 30 May-12 June 2024, 1 ♂ ( MSVI) .

Distribution

Turkey, Israel, Syria, Jordan, Armenia, Iraq, Iran ( Giordani Soika 1970; Gusenleitner 2013a; Schmid-Egger et al. 2021).