Polistes Latreille
Creators: name: Ebrahimi, Ebrahim
name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Polistes

description: Genus Polistes Latreille
Polistes (Polistes) dominula (Christ)
Material examined: Azarbāijān-e Sharghi: Hashtrud-Ahmadābād: 1900m., 14.VI.2003; Aghbolāgh, 1700m., 1.VI.2003; Tāzehkand, 1250m., 2.VI.2003; Gharebolāgh, 1800m., 18.V.2003; Soltānābād, 1450m., 22.VI.2003; Āghche-Mashad, 1300m., 1.VIII.2003; Khātunābād, 1650m., 11.VIII.2003, leg. Abbasi; Miāneh: Kohbanān, 1400m., 4.VI.2003; Ghoyulār, 1200m. 25.VII.2003; Kāghazkahān-Yānbolāgh, 2500m., 26.V.2003, 18.VI.2003, 20.VI.2003, 23.VII.2003, 11.VII.2003; Kāghazkahān-Āghkand, 2200m., 21.VI.2003; Kāghazkahān-Khalat, 2500m., 18.VI.2003; Kāghazkahān-Nowruzābād, 1900m., 12.VII.2003; Kandavān- Ishlagh, 1900m., 5.VI.2003; Khājehdeh, 1750m., 5.VI.2003, 13.VI.2003; Sorkeh-Hesār, 2000m., 14.VI.2003; Tushmānlu, ???. V.2003; Torkamanchāi-Varzeghān, 2100m., 22.VI.2003; Bālcin, 2000m., 22.VI.2003; leg. Abbasi; Kordestān: Ghorveh: Ahmadābād, 1740m., VII.2002; Baledasti, 1620m., VIII.2001; Dehgelān, 1650m., VI.2001, VII.2002; Delbarān, 1780m., VIII.2001; Ghorveh, 1840., VI.2001; Gilklu, 1640m., V.2001; Meyhem, 1740m., VI,2002; Muchesh, V.2002; Vinsār, 1640m., VII.2002, leg. Soleymāni; Sanandaj: Hosseinābād, 1580m., VII.2001; Nowgol, 1200m., VII.2001; Sanandaj, 1510m., VIII.2002; leg.Soleymani; Kāmyārān: Kāmyārān, 1340m., IX.2002; Nashur-eSoflā, 1310m., VI.2001; leg. Soleymani; Markazi: Farmahin: 1750m., 22.VII.2002, 18.IX.2002, leg. Sobhāni; Tafresh: Rudbār-Gharejāghieh, 1450m., 25.VII.2002, 9.IX.2002, leg. Sobhāni.
Polistes (Polistes) gallicus (Linnaeus)
Material examined: Ardabil: Moghān: 9.V.1951, 16.IV.1963, 12.IX.1967, 24.V.1973, leg. Damanābi; Sarband: 18.V.1961. leg. Mirzayāns; Chahārmahāl-Bakhtiāri: Ardal: 1720m., 5.IX.1991, leg. Ebrāhimi/Badii; Azarbāijān-e Sharghi: Hāshtrud: Ahmadābād, 1900m., 14.VI.2003; Tāzehkand: 1250m., 1.VII.2003;Gharehbolāgh: 1800m., 18.V.2003; Soltānābād: 1450m., 22.VI.2003; Aghjeh-Mashand: 1300m., 1.VIII.2003; Khatoonābād: 1650m., 11.VIII.2003, leg. Abbāsi; Marand: 11.IX.1974, leg. Damanābi; Miāneh: Bozghoush, 27/VII/1970, leg. Naim; Mianeh, 1100m., 27.V.2003, 1.VI.2003; Kohbanān, 1400m., 4.VI.2003; Ghoyulār, 1200m., 24.VI.2003; Kāghazkahān-Yanbolāgh, 2500m., 26.V.2002. 20.VI.2002, 18.VI.2003, 25.VI.2003, 10.VII.2003; Āghkand, 2200m., 21.V.2003; Khalat, 2500m. 18.VI.2003; Nowruzābād, 1900m., 12.VII.2003; Kandavān, Ishlagh, 1900m., 5.VI.2003; Khājehdeh, 1750m., 5.VI.2003, 13.VI.2003; Sorkheh-Hessār, 2000m., 14.V.2003; Tushmanlu, 2200m., 31.V.2003; Torkmanchāi-Varzegān, 2100m., 21.V.2003; Balsin, 2000m., 21.v.2003, leg. Abbāsi; Tabriz: 20.V.1964, leg. Damanābi., det. Giordani Soika, 7.VIII.1959, leg. Khalafi; Esfahān: Kāshān: Niāssar, 1650m., 9–11.VI.1984, leg. Pāzuki/Hāshemi; Natanz: Abyāneh, 2200m., 11.VIII.1988, leg. Hāshemi; Fārs: Kāmfiruz: 1700m., 2.VI.1990, leg. Ebrāhimi; Shirāz: Bamu, 1940m., 9.VI.1990, leg. Ebrāimi/Badii; Gilān: Anzali: 10.VI.1965, leg. Borumand; Āstārā: 30.VII.1967, leg. Pāzuki/ Mirzāyāns; Hamadān: Razan: 2200m., 13.VIII.1958, leg. Mirzāyāns/Borumand; Hormozgān: Haji-Ābād, Dasht-bar: 10.III.1970, leg. Pāzuki; Mināb: 18.II.1958, leg. Mirzāyāns; Ilām: Ilām: 30.XI.1965, leg. Safavi; Chorām: 15.V.1968, leg. Zairi; 5.V.1968, leg. Āyatollāhi/Zairi; Kermān: Jiroft: Jebālebārez, 7.V.1969, leg. Pāzuki./Hāshemi; SirJān: Soghān, 8.V.1973, leg. Borumand/Hāshemi; Kermānshāh: 5.X.1964, leg. Abāi; Khorāsān-e Razavi: Daregaz: Chelmir, 5.VIII.1971, leg. Āyatollāhi./Pāzuki; Mashhad: 26.IV.1973, leg. Āyatollāhi; Noyhan, 22.VI.1973, leg. Āyatollāhi; Torogh, 21.VII.1973, leg. Zairi; 28.VIII.1973, leg. Āyatollāhi; Zāmen-ābad, 6.IX.1980, leg. Hāshemi/Zairi; Neyshābour: Akhlamad, 19.VIII.1976, leg. Āyatollāhi; Torbat- Heydarieh: 8.VIII.1973, leg. Āyatollāhi; Khorasan-e Shomali: Bojnourd: 15.VIII.1964, leg. Āyatollāhi; Khuzestan: Izeh: Dehdez, 1100m. alt., 29.V.1973; Kohkilouyeh-Boyerahmad: Yāsuj: 27.VII.1972; Kordestān: Ghorveh; Delbarān: 1780m. VII.2001; Dehgelān, 1650m., VI.2001, VII.2002; Ghorveh, 1840m., X.2001; Ghaslān, VII.2001; Meyhem, 1740m., VI.2002; Vinsār, 1640m., VII.2002, leg. Soleymāni; Marivān: Sarvābād, 1200m. VIII.2001; savoji, 1040m., IX.2002, leg. Soleymāni; Sanandaj: 3.VII.1971, leg. Termeh;Lorestān: Aligudarz: Ghālikuh, 2300m. alt., 30.VI.1993, leg. Ebrāhimi; Azna: Kamandān, 2050m. alt., 1.VII.1990, leg. Ebrāhimi; Markazi: Farmahin: 1750m., 20.VI.2002, 22.VI.2002, 18.IX.2002, leg. Sobhāni; Sāveh: Gharghābād, 1600m., IX.2002; Sāveh, 995m., 23.IV.2002, 3.IX.2002, Zarand-Mamunieh, 950m., 11.VIII.2002, leg. Sobhāni; Tafresh: Rudbār, Gharehjāghieh, 1450m., 25.V.2002, 19.VI.2002, 23.VI.2002, 6.IX.2002, 13.IX.2002, Tafresh, 1900m., 15.IX.2002, leg. Sobhāni; Khomein: Dehno, 2300m. alt., 28.VI.1990, leg. Hāshemi/Ebrāimi; Māzandarān: Bābolsar: VIII.1949, leg. Farahbakhsh; 1.VI1967, leg. Abāi;Chālus: 27.VI.1965, leg. Dezfuliān; Ghāem-Shahr: 19.VIII.1947, leg. Mirzāyāns; Golestān N. Park: 2.VI.1986, leg. Pāzuki; Gorgān: 25.IX.1947, leg. Salavatiān; Nour: 11.VII.1976; Salmān-Shahr: 12.VIII. 1966, leg. Abāi; Sāri: 1.VI.1966, leg. Kalali; Tonekābon: 19.V.1973, leg. Abāi; Sistān-Baluchestān: Irānshahr: Karvāndar, 30.III.1949. leg. Mirzāyāns; Khāsh: 26.III.1949, leg. Mirzāyāns; Tehrān: Damāvand: Cheshmeh- Ala: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Damāvand: 24.VII.1970, leg. Safavi/Hāshemi; Damāvand: Dashtbān, 2002, leg. Hosseini; Fasham: Igol, 2002, leg. Hosseini; Fasham: Baghgol, 2002, leg. Hosseini; Firuzkuh: Chelcheshmeh, 1900m., 28.VIII.1983, leg. Broumand/Pāzuki; Namrud: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Delichāi: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Ghazvin: Garekin, 3.VII.1970; Ghom: Fardu, 2320m. alt., 26.VII.1983, leg. Pāzuki.Hāshemi; Karaj: Fashand, 14.V.1990, leg. Ebrāhimi; Chitgar: 2002; Kalha: 2050m., 15.VI.1992, leg. Ebrāhimi/Badii; Khoshnām: 11.XI.1991, leg. Ebrāhimi; Kondor: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Mohammad-Ābad: 17.VI.1991, leg. Ebrāhimi; Vardābād: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Tāleghān: Kalānak, 1800m. alt., 26.VI.1991, leg. Ebrāhimi; Jazan: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Miānbisheh: 2500m. alt., 18.VI.1992, leg. Ebrāhimi/Badii; Tāleghan dam: 1650m. alt., 17.VI.1992, leg. Ebrāhimi; Zidasht: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Evin: 17.VII.1971, 2.VI.1976, 2.VI.1974, leg. L.T.(?); Varāmin: 30.IV.1949, leg. Eghlidi; Māmāzan-Tuchāl: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Goltapeh: 2002, leg. Hosseini.
Polistes (Polistes) iranus Guiglia
Material examined: Kordestān: Ghorveh: ahmadābād, 1740m., VII.2002; Baledasti, 1620m., VII.2001; Chāhārdovali, VII.2001; Ghorveh, 1840m., VI.2001; Eelicu, 1640m., V.2001, leg. Sobhāni; Sanandaj: Hosseinābād, 1850m., VIII.2001, Nowgol, 1200m., VII.2001; Sanandaj, 1510m., VIII.2002, leg. Soleymāni; Markazi: Farmahin: 1750m., 22.VII. 2002, 18.IX.2002, leg. Sobhāni; Sāveh: 995m., 23.IV.2002, leg. Sobhāni; Tafresh: Rudbār-Gharejāghieh, 1450m., 25.V.2002, 23.VI.2002, 14.VII.2002, 13.IX.2002, leg. Sobhāni.
Polistes (Polistes) sulcifer Zimmermann
Material examined: Tehrān: Damāvand, Eynevarzān, 2000m., 2–3.VIII.1970 (deposited in NMPC).
Polistes (Gyrostoma) wattii (Cameron)
Material examined: Bushehr: Bushehr: 1945, leg. Farahbakhsh; Shabānkāreh, 1946, leg. Farahbahksh, det. Giordani Soika; Fārs: Jahrom: Ab-barik, 22.III.1965, leg. Safavi; Dasht Koutch: 25.IV.1971, leg. Rajabi; Kāzerun: 4.XI.1946, leg. Farahbakhsh; Hormozgān: Bandar-Abbās: 3.IV.1949, 1.IV.1949, leg. Fasihi; Bashāgerd: 11.V.1977, leg. Safavi/Pāzuki; Kahurestan, 10Km. S., leg. Pāzuki/Hāshemi; Mināb: 23.IV.1971, leg. Safavi/Zairi; 23.IV.1977, leg. Mortazaviha; 3.IV.1973, leg. Abāi; Ilām: Mehrān: Changule, 20.V.1947, leg. Farahbakhsh; Kermān: Jiroft: 11.V.1950, leg. Sarkissiān.; 23.IV.1971, leg. Safavi/Zairi.; 4.IV.1965, V.1951, X.1961, 28.VIII.1967, leg. Safavi; Rafsanjān: 29.IV.1973, leg. Borumand; Kermānshāh: Ghasr-e-Shirin: 20.V.1950, leg.Farahbakhsh; Kerend: 23.IV.1950, leg. Asefi; Khuzestān: Ahwāz: 15.XI.1955, det. Giordani Soika; 26.VII.1974, leg. Salavatiān; Behbahān: 6.III.1960, leg. Saf.; 1.V.1969, leg. Āyatollāhi/Zairi; Shoush: IV.1990, leg. Ebrāhimi; Sistān-Baluchestān: Chabahār: 12.IV.1965, leg. Safavi; Dashtiari: 14.IV.1950, leg. Fāmuri; Ghasreghand: 9–27.IX.1990, leg. Pakdād; Irānshahr: 30.III.1949, leg. Mirz./Salavātiān; Rig-Kaboud, 18Km. W., 500m., 15.V.1972, leg. Abāi/Ebert; Alidar: 24.IV.1969, leg. Hāshemi/Pāzuki; Kārvāndar: 22.IV.1969, leg. Pāzuki/Hāshemi; Khāsh: IV.1949, leg. Forghani, 9.IV.1965, leg. Safavi, 28.III.1948, leg. Mirzāyāns; Pishin: 17.IV.1950, leg. Fāmuri; Rāsk: 9.III.1974, leg. Irānshahr; Tangesarheh: 10.IV.1973, leg. Safavi/Borumand; Sarāvān: Jālgh, 15.IV.1950, leg. Salavātiān, det. Giordani Soika; Zābol: 28.III.1950, leg. Mirzāyāns, 20.V.1965, leg. Safavi.
Remarks: All of these species have been previously recorded from Iran (see Carpenter, 1996). In addition, the following species have been recorded from Iran, but were not collected: Polistes (Polistes) atrimandibularis Zimmermann, P. (Polistes) biglumis (Linnaeus), P. (Polistes) indicus Stolfa, and P. (Gyrostoma) olivaceus (DeGeer).
description: Published as part of Ebrahimi, Ebrahim & Carpenter, James M., 2008, Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), pp. 1-42 in Zootaxa 1785 on pages 35-38, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.182436