Contribution to the knowledge of Megachilidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) in the Yazd province, Iran

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

L. Dehghan Dehnavi ¹ , A. A. Talebi ² , Sh. Goldasteh ³ , R. Vafaei Shooshtari ⁴ , A. Nadimi ⁵

1 - Department of Entomology, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
2 - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
3 - Department of Entomology, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
4 - Department of Entomology, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
5 - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

Received: 2014-01-18 Accepted : 2014-05-14 Published : 2015-05-22

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Abstract :

A survey was conducted to identify the part megachilid bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Megachilidae) in the Yazd province located in central of Iran during 2011–2013. The specimens were collected using sweeping net from different habitats. In total, 4436 Megachilid specimens were collected from 13 genera, 18 subgenera and 55 species. Seven species including Osmia (Helicosmia) peregrina, Megachile (Eutricharaea) semicircularis, Megachile (Entricharea) basilaris, Megachile (Pseudomegachile) cinnamomea, Megachile (Pseudomegachile) seraxensis, Megachile (Pseudomegachile) sanguinipes,and Icteranthidium ovasi are new records for Iran. Host plant association and geographical distributions of the known species from Yazd province are given.