A survey of the genus Ceratina Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in northern Iran, with three new records

Salarian, Mehdi; Nadimi, Ahmad; Talebi, Ali Asghar; Radchenko, Vladimir G.

A survey of the genus Ceratina Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in northern Iran, with three new records

Authors

Mehdi Salarian ¹

Ahmad Nadimi ²

Ali Asghar Talebi ³

Vladimir G. Radchenko ⁴

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran

³ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box 1415-336, Tehran, Iran

⁴ Centre for Megalopolis Ecomonitoring and Biodiversity Research and Institute of Zoology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, acad. Lebedev, 37, Kiev 03143, Ukraine.

Abstract

A field survey of the bee fauna was conducted in the north of Iran during 2009 to 2015. Special concern was given to the tribe Ceratinini (Hymenoptera; Apidae). Ten species of the genus Ceratina were collected and identified in the present study. Three species are recorded for the first time from Iran, including Ceratina (Euceratina) chrysomalla Gerstaecker 1869, Ceratina (Euceratina) cyanea (Kirby, 1802) and Ceratina (Euceratina) gravidula Gerstaecker, 1869. An updated checklist of Iranian Ceratinini with short description and figures of newly recorded species are provided. The host plants and distribution of each species are also given.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

Ceratina

Apidae

Checklist

Iran

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