The aculeate Hymenoptera in the collection of the Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Science of Azerbaijan, Baku: Wasps of the family Sphecidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata)

The collection of the Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan (Baku) features wasps of the family Sphecidae represented by 34 species from 9 genera. Of these, 11 species were first recorded in the fauna of Azerbaijan: Chalybion flebile Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau, 1845; Sceliphron madraspatanum (Fabricius, 1781); Prionyx lividocinctus (A. Costa, 1858); P. haberhaueri (Radoszkowski, 1871); P. subfuscatus (Dahlbom, 1845); Podalonia caucasica (Mocsary, 1883); P. tydei Le Guillou 1841; Ammophila terminata (F. Smith, 1856); A. campestris (Latreille, 1809); A. occipitalis (F. Moravitz, 1880); and A. gracillima Taschenberg, 1869. In total, the collection contains 34 wasp species, of which 34 are from Azerbaijan, 15 from Iran and 1 from Russia. Data on the general geographic distribution are given for each species.