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The Bee Family Halictidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) Collected from Gorgan County, Northern Iran J Insect Biodivers Syst 02(2): 203–217 First online JOURNAL OF INSECT BIODIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATICS Research Article http://jibs.modares.ac.ir http://zoobank.org/References/D1F28C4F-9680-4A52-A3F4-7EEC105AE836 The bee family Halictidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) collected from Gorgan county, northern Iran Ziba Safi, Ahmad Nadimi and Mohsen Yazdanian 1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran. ABSTRACT. Collecting data of the family Halictidae are reported in Gorgan county, Golestan province, northern Iran. We collected 30 species belonging to 5 genera in 3 subfamilies. Among them, Lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) croceipes (Morawitz, 1876) and Halictus (Seladonia) confusus Smith, 1853 are recorded Received: from Iran for the first time and 18 species are new for Gorgan county. Among 14 June, 2016 112 collected specimen, the subfamily Halictinae (27 species), genus Accepted: Lasioglossum (14 species) and subgenus Lasioglossum (5 species), representing 21 July, 2016 the major groups of halictid bee and Halictus (Halictus) brunnescens Published: (Eversmann, 1852) was the most abundant species in the study areas. 23 July 2016 Knapweed flowers (Centaura spp.) had higher halictid bee taxa richness. An updated checklist of halictid bees of Gorgan county is provided. Subject Editor: Ryuki Murao Key words: Halictinae, Halictus, Lasioglossum, Iran, Fauna. Citation: Safi, Z., Nadimi, A. and Yazdanian, M. 2016. The bee family Halictidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) collected from Gorgan county, northern Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 2 (2): 203–217. Introduction (Peterson and Artz, 2014; Delaplane and Mayer, 2000). Of theses, the alkali bee (Nomia The bee family Halictidae includes melanderi Cockerell), which is paramount numerically the second largest group with importance especially in the pollination of over 4,400 species worldwide (Ascher and alfalfa, have been employed as managed Pickering, 2016). It is classified into four pollinators in the United States (Peterson subfamilies: Halictinae, Nomioidinae, and Artz, 2014; Delaplane and Mayer, 2000). Nomiinae, and Rophitinae (Michener, 2007). Many species are small-sized and black, but In Iran, located in Palearctic region, the some have brilliantly metallic colours or red bee fauna has been little studied and is still integument, and a few are as large as 18 mm poorly known. Primary studies of bee fauna (Pesenko et al., 2000). Most halictid bees are including halictid bees, were published by polylectic, but the vast majority species are the following non-native researchers: Pérez host-plant specialists in the subfamily (1907), Morice (1921a, 1921b), Blüthgen Rophitinae (Danforth et al., 2013). Some (1931, 1936, 1955), Alfken (1927), Alfken and halictid bees, which visit crop plants, are Blüthgen (1937), and Popov (1967). Most important pollinators of lowbush blueberry, comprehensive study of Iranian halictid bee onion and alfalfa in crop production system fauna was published by Ebmer (1978), who Corresponding author: Ahmad Nadimi, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2016, Safi et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 204 Halictid bees in the north of Iran listed nearly 180 species. Some subsequently fauna. Eighteen species are newly recorded published records were done by the from Gorgan county (Table 1). Subfamily following native researchers: Esmaili and Halictinae (90%), genus Lasioglossum (47%) Rastegar (1974), Talebi et al. (1995), Izadi et and subgenera Lasioglossum (21%), Seladonia al. (1998), Tavakoli et al. (2012), Khaghanina (17%), and Sphecodogastra (17%), were most et al. (2013), and Khodaparast and Monfared diverse taxa (Fig. 2). Among 112 collected (2012). According to Ascher and Pickering specimens, Halictus (Halictus) brunnescens (2016), 210 halictid bee species are listed (n=17) was the most abundant species in the from Iran. Publication of Ebmer (1978) study areas. Flowering plants of Centaura contains 16 species from Gorgan county. spp. (Asteraceae), with hosting about 30% visiting bees, were highly attractive flowers Material and methods for the halictids (Fig. 3). This study of the halictid bees of Gorgan The subfamily Rophitinae county, Golestan province (Iran) follows the 1. Rophites (Rophitiodes) canus Eversmann, same approach as previous surveys of the 1852 bee fauna in this area (Allahverdi et al., 2016; Allahverdi et al., 2015; Pezeshk et al., 2015a, Material examined (n = 2): Iran, Golestan 2015b).The sampling in the field was province, Gorgan county, Chahar bagh village conducted at eight localities in Gorgan (36°34′3.59″N, 54°30′7.17″E), 7.VII.2014, 2♀♀, county during 2014 to 2015. The county is on Centaurea cyanus (Asteraceae). situated in the northeastern part of Iran; the Published record: Ebmer (1988). northern and southern borders follow Distribution in Iran: Isphahan. Gorgan Plain and Alborz Mountains, respectively (Fig. 1). The surveyed area has General distribution: Europe to east Asia six various climates, including Arid, Semi (Ebmer, 1988; Pesenko et al., 2000; Niu et al., Arid, Mediterranean, Semi Humid, Humid 2005; Pesenko and Astafurova, 2006; and Ultra Humid (Lashkari et al., 2009). All Astafurova, 2013; Ascher and Pickering, 2016). samples were pinned, labeled, and deposited in the insect collection of the The subfamily Nomiinae Department of Plant Protection, Gorgan 1. Pseudapis (Nomiapis) bispinosa (Brullé, University of Agricultural Sciences and 1832) Natural Resources. We identified all Material examined (n = 4): Iran, Golestan specimens using some taxonomic keys province, Gorgan county, Karim abad published by Ebmer, (1971, 1975), Pesenko (36°52′30.27″N, 54°25′6.84″E), 29.VII.2015, 1♀, et al. (2000), Michener (2007), and Pauly (2014). After that, identified specimens were on Ctrulus colocinthis; Sorkhankalate, checked by Dr. Alain Pauly (Royal Belgian (36°53′11.79″N, 54°34′2.43″E), 28.VII.2015, Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels). 1♀,1♂, on Centaurea sp. (Asteraceae); Chahar bagh village, (36°34′3.59″N, 54°30′7.17″E), Results 30.VII.2015,1♀, on Astragalus sp. (Fabaceae). Thirty species belonging to 5 genera in 3 Published record: Talebi et al. (1995); subfamilies were recognized from Gorgan Pesenko et al. (2006); Güler et al. (2011); county through our survey. Among them, Khodaparast and Monfared (2012). lasioglossum (Hemihalictus) croceipes (Morawitz, Distribution in Iran: Fars province (Neyriz, 1876) and Halictus (Seladonia) confuses Daarabad, Firuzabad, Kazerun, Nurabad), (Smith, 1853), are new to the Iranian bee Alborz province (Karaj). Safi et al. 205 General distribution: Europe to east Asia, (36°34′18.08″N, 54°27′55.20″E), 7.VIII.2014, North Africa (Ebmer, 1988; Pesenko et al., 4♀♀, on Centaurea sp. (Asteraceae), 1♀, on 2000; Astafurova and Pesenko, 2005; Asteraceae gen. t sp., 2♀♀, on Centaurea cyanus Astafurova and Pesenko, 2006; Astafurova, (Asteraceae), 1♀, on Astragalus sp. (Fabaceae), 2008; Astafurova, 2013; Ascher and Pickering, 2♀♀, on Eryngium planum (Apiaceae); 2016). Jahannama, (36°37′3″N, 54°19′29.48″E), 2.VIII.2014, 2♀♀, on Centaurea sp. (Asteraceae); 2. Pseudapis (Nomiapis) diversipes (Latrellie, Hashem abad (36°53′28.15″N 54°20′51.53″E), 1806) 30.V.2015, 2♀♀, on Centaurea cyanus Material examined (n = 11): Iran, Golestan (Asteraceae), 1♀, on Astragalus sp. (Fabaceae). province, Gorgan county, Shahkuh sofla Published record: Blüthgen (1937); Warncke village, (36°34′18.08″N, 54°27′55.20″E), (1982); Ebmer (1978); Izadi et al. (1998); Pesenko 30.VII.2014, 2♀♀; 2.VIII.2015, 1♀,1♂, on Eryngium planum (Apiaceae) ; Alofen village (2005); Khodaparast and Monfared (2012). (36°41′N, 54°20′E), 30.VII.2014, 2♀♀, on Distribution in Iran: Fars province Rubus caesius (Rosaceae); Chahar bagh (Firuzabad, Neyriz, Eqlid, Kazerun Ghaleh village, (36°34′3.59″N, 54°30′7.17″E), seyyed). Golestan province (Minudasht), 30.VII.2015, 1♀ 1♂, on Centaurea cyanus North Khorasan province (Bojnurd). (Asteraceae); Hashem abad (36°53′28.15″N, General distribution: Europe to Eastern Asia 54°20′51.53″E), 10.VII.2015, 3♀♀, on Centaurea (Pesenko, 2005; Dikmen and Aytekin 2011; sp. (Asteraceae). Güler et al., 2011; Ascher and Pickering, 2016). Published record: Morice (1921b); Popov (1967); Ebmer (1978, 1988); Talebi et al. 2. Halictus (Halictus) quadricinctus (Fabricius, (1995); van der Zanden (1997); Pesenko et al. 1776) (2000); Khodaparast and Monfared (2012). Material examined (n = 7): Iran, Golestan Distribution in Iran: Alborz province (Karaj), province, Gorgan county, Hashem abad North Khorasan (Bojnurd), Qazvin province (36°53′28.15″N, 54°20′51.53″E), 30.VI.2015, (Qazvin, Evan), East Azarbaijan (Tabriz), 2♂♂, on Centaurea cyanus (Asteraceae), 1♀, on Kerman province (Bam), Fars province Lathyrus sp. (Fabaceae); Jahannama, (36°37′3″N, (Firuzabad, Sepidan, Eqlid, Kherameh, Kazerun, 54°19′29.48″E), 2.VIII.2015, 1♂,1♀, on Centaurea Nurabad), Tehran province (Tehran, Sorkheh cyanus (Asteraceae); Tuskestan Babaei garden, Hesar). (36°50′51.92″N, 54°30′13.89″E), 19.VIII. 2015, General distribution: Europe to east Asia 1♀, on Asteraceae; Chahar bagh village (Ebmer, 1988; Pesenko et al., 2000; Astafurova (36°34′3.59″N, 54°30′7.17″E), 7.VIII.2014, 1♀, and Pesenko, 2005; Astafurova and Pesenko, on Lathyrus sp. (Fabaceae). 2006; Astafurova,
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