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Issue: Vol. 3 No. 11 (2015)
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-02
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2015.3.11
Page range: 1-30
Abstract views: 115
PDF downloaded: 61

A contribution to the fauna of Crabronidae (Hymenoptera, Apoidea) in South-Western Iran

Department of Entomology, Jahrom branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom
Department of Entomology, Jahrom branch, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom
Ph. D., Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia
Crabronidae new records distribution Iran Fars Province.

Abstract

This study increases about three times the number of species of Crabronidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) previously known from the south Iranian province of Fars. We include 91 species, most of them being relatively widely distributed in south Palaearctic. Three genera and 32 species represent first records for Iran. A description of the previously unknown male of Miscophus gratiosus de Andrade, 1960 is provided. Character variation in Cerceris vagans Radoszkowski, 1877, Liris niger (Fabricius, 1775), and Solierella compedita (Piccioli, 1869) is discussed.