Polistes (Polistes) bucharensis Erichson, 1849

Selis, Marco, Ismael, Halgurd R., Hamad, Mudhafar I., Baiocchi, Daniele & Cilia, Giovanni, 2025, A first update to the vespid fauna of Iraq (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), with description of a new species, Journal of Natural History 59 (13 - 16), pp. 941-981 : 970

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2460842
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17005874
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F770A468-872E-FFB0-000E-F784D92ABFA6
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Polistes (Polistes) bucharensis Erichson, 1849
status

Treatment

Literature records

Derwesh (1965), mentioning ‘Zoologische Sumlon d. Bayer. Staates’.

Material examined

IRAQ: Kurdistan, Duhok, Bnavi village, 1580 m, 37.2427°N 43.3808°E, 7 June 2024, 3 ♀ ( DUMAI, MSVI); Kurdistan, Duhok, SW of Ashewa, 1100 m, 37.013611°N 43.284444°E, 1–4 June 2024, 1 ♀ ( MSVI); Kurdistan, Duhok, 5 km E of Ashewa, Mt GoogleMaps . Gara , 1750–1950 m, 37.0158°N 43.3505°E, 30 May-12 June 2024, 1 ♀ ( MSVI) GoogleMaps .

Distribution

Greece (Crete), Cyprus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Uzbekistan, Mongolia, China ( Schmid-Egger et al. 2017).