Celonites Latreille

Ebrahimi, Ebrahim & Carpenter, James M., 2008, Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), Zootaxa 1785, pp. 1-42 : 4-5

Genus Celonites Latreille

Celonites cyprius smyrnensis Richards

Material examined: Tehran: Tehran-Evin, 1600m., 20.VI.1993, leg. Ebrāhimi. Remarks: This species was previously recorded from Iran (see Carpenter, 2001).

Celonites jousseaumei jousseaumei du Buysson

Material examined: Hormozgan: Minab, Gourband, 18.V.1973, leg. Hashemi/Broumand, det. Gusenleitner.

Remarks: This is a new record for Iran.

Remarks: There are seven other species of this genus recorded from Iran: Celonites clarus Gusenleitner , C. crenulatus Morawitz , C. discretus Gusenleitner , C. longipilis Gusenleitner , C. persicus Richards , C. pictus rufiventris Gusenleitner and C. semenovi Kostylev. Celonites rothschildi du Buysson has also been recorded from Iran, but the record is doubtful; the species was described from Kenya.