Title of article :
A checklist of the bees of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) of Iran
Author/Authors :
Allahverdi, Mohammad Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran , Radchenko, Vladimir G. Institute for Evolutionary Ecology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, acad. Lebedev, Ukraine , Fekrat, Lida Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran , Sadeghi Namaghi, Hossein Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran , Nadimi, Ahmad Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Plant Production - Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Abstract :
A checklist of the bees of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius, 1793 of Iran, based
on the literature data and also field surveys in northeastern Iran (North Khorasan and
Khorasan-e Razavi provinces) is presented. The resulting checklist comprises nine
subgenera and 63 species. Four species of the genus Hylaeus, including H. (Lambdopsis)
rinki (Gorski, 1852), H. (Spatulariella) hyalinatus Smith, 1842, H. (Spatulariella) punctatus
(Brullé, 1832) and H. (Prosopis) lionotus (Alfken, 1909), are newly recorded for the fauna of
Iran. The later species is considered as ″ very rare″ , has only known in Kazakhstan. A redescription
of the male of H. (Prosopis) lionotus together with the illustrations of
morphological characters is given.
Farsi abstract :
فاقد چكيده فارسي
Keywords :
Distribution , Iran , new reports , rare species , faunal records , pollinators
Journal title :
Journal of Insects Biodiversity and Systematics
