Mehdi Khoobdel1, Maryam Tavassoli2, Mehdi Salari2, Fateme Firozi3. 1. Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 2. Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 3. Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Science, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C. Tehran, Iran.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study the stinging flying Hymenoptera (Apidae and Vespidae) fauna in four Iranian Islands, Qeshm, Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu-Musa on the Persian Gulf. METHODS: The flies were captured by used of Malaise trap, fly trap, bottle trap and insect net-hashing from March 2011 to July 2012. RESULTS: In this study, 11 species of stinging Hymenoptera were reported for the first time in Persian Gulf region. CONCLUSIONS: Some of this species such as Vespa orientalis and Polistes olivaceus are more common in the Persian Gulf islands and can cause clinical problem to islands resident and travelers.
OBJECTIVE: To study the stinging flying Hymenoptera (Apidae and Vespidae) fauna in four Iranian Islands, Qeshm, Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu-Musa on the Persian Gulf. METHODS: The flies were captured by used of Malaise trap, fly trap, bottle trap and insect net-hashing from March 2011 to July 2012. RESULTS: In this study, 11 species of stinging Hymenoptera were reported for the first time in Persian Gulf region. CONCLUSIONS: Some of this species such as Vespa orientalis and Polistes olivaceus are more common in the Persian Gulf islands and can cause clinical problem to islands resident and travelers.
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Keywords:
Bee; Iranian islands; Middle East; Persian Gulf; Stinging Hymenoptera; Wasp