title: The stinging Apidae and Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Apocrita) in Iranian islands, Qeshm, Abu-Musa, Great Tunb and Lesser Tunb on the Persian Gulf.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the stinging flying Hymenoptera (Apidae and Vespidae) fauna in four Iranian Islands, Qeshm, Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Abu-Musa on the Persian Gulf.
  
  
  METHODS
  The flies were captured by used of Malaise trap, fly trap, bottle trap and insect net-hashing from March 2011 to July 2012.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In this study, 11 species of stinging Hymenoptera were reported for the first time in Persian Gulf region.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Some of this species such as Vespa orientalis and Polistes olivaceus are more common in the Persian Gulf islands and can cause clinical problem to islands resident and travelers.
authors.affiliation: Health Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khoobdel
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Maryam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tavassoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Faculty of Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Mehdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salari
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Science, Shahid Beheshti University, G.C. Tehran, Iran.
authors.forename: Fateme
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Firozi
keywords: Bee; Iranian islands; Middle East; Persian Gulf; Stinging Hymenoptera; Wasp