Genus Dolichovespula Rohwer

Dolichovespula sylvestris (Scopoli)

Material examined: Āzarbāijan-e Sharghi: Miāneh: Kāghazkanan, Yānbolāgh, 2500m., 17.V.2003; Khalaf, 2500m., 11.VI.2003, leg. Abbāsi; Māzandarān: Tonekābon: Dohezār, 2000m., 4.IX.1990, leg. Ebrāhimi/Badii; Tehrān: Karaj: Kalhā, 2050m., 15.VI.1992, leg. Ebrāhimi/Badii; Tāleghān: Jazan, 2002, leg. Hosseini; Damāvand: 2002, leg. Hosseini; Shahrestānak: 5.III.1968, leg. Vakiliān, det. Giordani Soika. Remarks: This species was previously recorded from Iran (see Carpenter and Kojima, 1997). Another species of Dolichovespula has been recorded from Iran but was not collected: D. omissa (Bischoff) .