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Discussion

The taxonomic study of the Iranian Pompilidae is still incomplete. Nearly 57 species
were described or recorded (AMIRESMAEILI et al. 2010). In this research, we identified
12 genera from two large subfamilies: Pepsinae and Pompilinae. These subfamilies are
not divided into tribes because even at present there are disagreements among researchers
on a classification not only at the subfamily or tribe levels, but also at the genus level
(SHIMIZU 1994). At the present study 24 species were reported, from which 7 and 11
species are new for Iran and Mazandaran, respectively. The 7 new species for Iranian
fauna are Agenioideus nubecula (COSTA 1874), Aporus pollux (KOHL 1888),
Arachnospila anceps (WESMAEL 1851), Dipogon bifasciatus (GEOFFROY 1785),
Dipogon variegatus (LINNAEUS 1758), Episyron gallicum (TOURNIER 1889) and
Evagetes pectinipes (LINNAEUS 1758) that among them genus of Dipogon FOX 1897 was
new genera for Iran, adding them the species of Anoplius viaticus (LINNAEUS 1758),
Cryptocheilus fischeri (SPINOLA 1838), Cryptocheilus variabilis (ROSSIUS 1790) and
Priocnemis pusilla (SCHIØDTE 1837) are also new records for Mazandaran province.

ESMAILI & RASTEGAR (1974) reported four species from Damavand. WOLF (2003) and
EBRAHIMI et al. (2008) also have reported nine and 43 species of Pompilidae fauna from
various parts of Iran with the mention of locality, respectively. AMIRESMAEILI et al.
(2010) have reported 16 species from different regions of Mazandaran for Iranian fauna.

In conclusion, 57 pompilid species and 22 genera had previously been reported from
Iran. Adding the 7 new species reported in present paper to those, and one new genus,
until now, 64 pompilid species and 23 genera have been reported from Iran (ESMAILI &
RASTEGAR 1974, WOLF 2003, EBRAHIMI et al. 2008, AMIRESMAEILI et al. 2010).

Aknowledgements

Our thanks are extended to Mr. Mohammad Reza Babaee and Dr. Hassan Barimani
Varandi from Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center of Mazandaran, Sari,
Iran, for their help in field works and valuable advice on setting color traps.

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