(Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Isfahan Province, Iran
J Insect Biodivers Syst 05(3): 171–201 ISSN: 2423-8112 JOURNAL OF INSECT BIODIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATICS Research Article http://jibs.modares.ac.ir http://zoobank.org/References/13F7F456-0C64-4B29-AB05-5310D63B83A2 A survey of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Isfahan Province, Iran Razeyeh Khodarahmi Ghahnavieh and Alireza Monfared* Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran. ABSTRACT. In this survey, 154 bee species of Apoidea superfamily, from the western part of the Isfahan province, Iran were recorded, of which 29 Received: species are new for the fauna of Iran. Among the identified specimens, there 04 January, 2019 were 35 species of Andrenidae, 11 of Apidae, 20 of Colletidae, 50 of Halictidae, Accepted: 36 of Megachilidae and 2 of Melittidae. All specimens are deposited in the 10 July, 2019 Museum of Iranian Pollinating Insects of Yasouj University, Yasouj, Iran. Published: 15 July, 2019 Subject Editor: Key words: Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae and Ali Asghar Talebi Melittidae Citation: Khodarahmi Ghahnavieh, R. & Monfared, A. (2019) A survey of the bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Isfahan Province, Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 5 (3), 171–201. Introduction Many Iranian researchers have studied province. In a study by Tavakoli Korqand Apoidea superfamily fauna of this country et al. (2010) bee pollinators of legume-crops in recent decade. The first national in Gilan province, 46 species of 24 genera researchers, who studied this superfamily, and six families were collected and were Esmaeili & Rastegar (1975). They identified. Of these, 20 species and two collected bees from Karadj (Alborz genera recorded for the first time from province) and recorded 11 species of Iran.
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