Parapolybia Saussure

Ebrahimi, Ebrahim & Carpenter, James M., 2008, Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), Zootaxa 1785, pp. 1-42 : 35

Genus Parapolybia Saussure

Parapolybia escalerae (Meade-Waldo)

Material examined: Bushehr: Dālaki, 600m., 30.V. 2001, leg. Ebrāhimi/Mofidi; Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari: Lordegan, 24.VII. 2006, Hosseini; Hormozgān: Bandar-e Lengeh, 50m., 28.V. 2001, leg. Ebrahimi/Mofidi; Siāhu, Sikhorān, 830m., 25.V. 2001, leg. Ebrahimi/Mofidi; Kermān, Bāft, Rābor, 2200m., 14.VI. 1988, Hashemi/Badii; Lorestān: 65 Km. N. Andimeshk, Pol-e Tang, 490m., 10.IV. 1977, Pazuki/Hāshemi.

Remarks: One other species of Parapolybia has been described from Iran, but was not collected as part of the present study: P. persica (Meade-Waldo) .