Genus Tachytes Panzer, 1806

Tachytes Panzer, 1806: 129 . Type species: Pompilus tricolor of Fabricius, 1798 [= Sphex tricolor Fabricius, 1793 (junior primary homonym of Sphex tricolor Schrank, 1781) = Sphex tricoloratus Turton, 1801 = Tachytes obsoletus tricoloratus (Turton, 1801)], by monotypy.

Number of species: World—298, Russia —9.