Psiliglossa irana (GIORDANI SOIKA, 1970) Schmid, 2021

Schmid, Christian, 2021, New records of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) from Iran with descriptions of three species, Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1105-1121 : 1114

Psiliglossa irana (GIORDANI SOIKA, 1970) , nov.comb.

M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Hormozgan prov., 1♂, 05.v.2019 Hajjiabad 4 km NW 28.3329 N 55.8441 E, 1276 m. Kerman prov., 1♀, 12.v.2019 Jiroft 16 km NE 28.8218 N 57.8439 E, 1574 m.

D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: The species was described under Raphiglossa and was mentioned under this genus for the fauna of Iran ( RAHMANI et al. 2020, GUSENLEITNER 2013). The examination of the present specimens leads to the result that it belongs to the genus Psiliglossa as defined in the key of GUSENLEITNER (2013), with large first tergite: Psiliglossa irana (GIORDANI SOIKA, 1970) .