Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus subsp. mediterraneus Kriechbaumer 1879

Eumenes (Eumenes) mediterraneus mediterraneus Kriechbaumer, 1879 Literature records Gusenleitner (1972); Augul (2017). Material examined IRAQ: Kurdistan, Duhok, 5 km E of Ashewa, Mt. Gara, 1750–1950 m, 37.0158°N 43.3505°E, 3–6 June 2023, 1 ♀ (MSVI). Remarks Augul (2017) recorded this species from Iraq, misidentified as Eumenes pomiformis (see below). Distribution France, Spain, Portugal, Italy (including Sardinia and Sicily), Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Tunisia, Morocco, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, adventive in Tahiti (Carpenter 2023).