New records of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) from Iran with descriptions of three species Author Schmid, Christian text Linzer biologische Beiträge 2021 52 2 1105 1121 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5038766 0253-116X 5038766 Polistes indicus STOLFA , 1934 M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: Kerman prov. , 3♀♀ , 08.v.2019 Shahdad 30.4393 N 57.7107 E , 420 m , 15♀♀ , 09.v.2019 Bam 29.0898 N 58.3270 E , 1113 m , 45♀♀ , 1♂ 10.v.2019 Bam 4 km E 29.1162 N 58.4294 E , 1000 m , 3♀♀ , 11.v.2019 Bam 8 km NE 29.1500 N 58.4674 E , 956 m , 4♀♀ , 12.v.2019 Jiroft 28.6847 N 57.7123 E , 716 m . D i s t r i b u t i o n i n I r a n: RAHMANI et al. (2020) . R e c o g n i t i o n: Polistes wattii and P. indicus were collected together and in large numbers in some places in the desert ( fig. 14 ). The males of both species can easily be recognized by form of last sternites ( RICHARDS 1984 ), whereas the females of these predominantly or all yellow coloured species look similar and can distinguished in the field mainly by size. Female recognition with the characters given by RICHARDS (1984) is difficult. For that reason, new recognition characters for females are listed below: