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Issue: Vol. 1785 No. 1: 6 Jun. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-06-06
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1785.1.1
Page range: 1–42
Abstract views: 68
PDF downloaded: 1

Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, P.O. Box 19395 Tehran 1454, Iran
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY, 10024, U.S.A
Hymenoptera Vespidae fauna new records Iran

Abstract

Fifty-one genera and 182 species of vespid wasps, belonging to four subfamilies, have been recorded from Iran. A catalog for the region is provided. Locality data for 64 species which were collected or examined during this study are presented. Among them, 10 species represent new records for Iran. An illustrated key to the recorded genera is also presented.

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