Eustenancistrocerus (Parastenancistrocerus) amadanensis (de Saussure, 1855)

Odynerus amadanensis de Saussure, 1855: 214, pl. XII, fig. 9, ♂ (type locality: “ Amadan, en Perse ” [Iran]).

Odynerus turca de Saussure, 1863: 218, ♀ (type locality: “ La Turquie d’Asie. Bagdad ” [Iraq]).

Odynerus transitorius Morawitz, 1867: 117, ♀ ♂ (type locality: “Gouvernement von Saratow ” [Russia]), synonymized by Castro 1992: 28.

Odynerus lobatus André, 1883: 229, ♀ (type locality: “Caucaso” [Caucasus], according to lectotype designation by Gusenleitner 2001).

Ancistrocerus iranensis Giordani Soika, 1943: 6, fig. 3 (2), ♀ (type locality: “ Persia: Bushire” [Iran]).

Eustenancistrocerus transitorius hoberlandti Giordani Soika, 1952a: 378, ♀ ♂ (type locality: “ Anatolia: Toros, Bürücek” [Turkey], according to lectotype designation by Giordani Soika 1973), synonymized by Gusenleitner 1988: 111.

Eustenancistrocerus lobatus flavellus Giordani Soika, 1952b: 36, ♀ ♂ (type locality: “ Gerusalemme ” [Israel and Palestine], according to lectotype designation by Giordani Soika 1973).

Material examined (new records). UZBEKISTAN: 4 km NNE Uchkulach, 40°33′40″N, 67°22′01″E, 26.V.2023, 1 ♂, leg. A. Fateryga [CAFK]; ibid., on Limonium otolepis, 26.V.2023, 1 ♂, leg. A. Fateryga [CAFK] .

Distribution. Southern and Eastern Europe, Russia (European part), Azerbaijan, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Israel and Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, * Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, China (North-West).

Remarks. The report of this species for Tajikistan (Gussakovskij 1935) was overlooked by Antropov & Fateryga (2017) and Li et al. (2022). A subspecies E. transitorius mauritaniensis Giordani Soika, 1953 was described from Morocco; its taxonomic status remains unclear.