Insect Stamp of Qatar

Insect Stamp of Qatar

Qatar is there in the Arabian Peninsula, is a small country of 10,000 area km2 isand stuck out of the Persian Gulf, most of which are desert. The Qatari history is comparatively new, and an existing emirate is formed in the middle in the 18th century. Sani group who is roots of an existing chief establishes rule in 1868 and reaches it at the present. But Qatar was put under the control of Ottoman Turkey in the 19th century, and of the U.K. after the World War I. Qatar have achieved independence in 1971, Hari F chief was born by bloodless coup detat in the following 1972, and the Hama doh Crown Prince who was a son took office as a chief in 1995 and grasped real power. Most of a national income hold a natural gas oil field of world maximum grade with oil, and the gross national product per nation is high, and no charge of education is realized, too.
Beautiful serially printed Postage Stamps which described 20 kinds of insects was issued in 1998 from this State of Qatar.

State of Qatar
1998.7.20 Insect Stamp

Nubian Flower Bee
Amegilla nubica
(Anthophoridae) Anthia Ground Beetle
Anthia duodecimguttata
(Harpalidae) Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle
Coccinella septempunctata
(Coccinelidae) Desert Giant Ant
Camponotus xerxes
(Formicidae)

Eastern Death's Head Hawk Moth
Acherontia styx
(Sphingidae) Arabian Darkling Beetle
Pimelia arabica
(Tenebrionidae) Yellow Digger
Stizus marnonis
(Nyssonidae) Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
(Gryllotalpidae)

African Migratory Locust
Locusta migratoria
(Acrididae) Elegant Rhinoceros Beetle
Oryctes elegans
(Scarabaeidae) Oleander Hawk Moth
Daphnis nerii
(Sphingidae) American Cockroach
Periplaneta americana
(Blattidae)

Girdled Skimmer
Orthetrum chrysostigma
(Libellulidae) Sabre-Toothed Beetle
Scarites guineensis
(Carabidae) Arabian Cicada
Platypleura arabica
（セミ科） Pinstriped Ground Weevil
Ammocleonus aschabadensis
(Curculionidae)

European Mantis
Mantis religiosa
(Mantidae) Rufous bombardier Beetle
Brachinus nobilis
(Carabidae) Great Eggfly
Hypolimnas misippus
(Nymphalidae) Shore Earwing
Labidura riparia
(Labiduridae)


Nubian Flower Bee Amegilla nubica (Anthophoridae)	Anthia Ground Beetle Anthia duodecimguttata (Harpalidae)	Seven-spotted Ladybird Beetle Coccinella septempunctata (Coccinelidae)	Desert Giant Ant Camponotus xerxes (Formicidae)


Eastern Death's Head Hawk Moth Acherontia styx (Sphingidae)	Arabian Darkling Beetle Pimelia arabica (Tenebrionidae)	Yellow Digger Stizus marnonis (Nyssonidae)	Mole Cricket Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa (Gryllotalpidae)


African Migratory Locust Locusta migratoria (Acrididae)	Elegant Rhinoceros Beetle Oryctes elegans (Scarabaeidae)	Oleander Hawk Moth Daphnis nerii (Sphingidae)	American Cockroach Periplaneta americana (Blattidae)


Girdled Skimmer Orthetrum chrysostigma (Libellulidae)	Sabre-Toothed Beetle Scarites guineensis (Carabidae)	Arabian Cicada Platypleura arabica （セミ科）	Pinstriped Ground Weevil Ammocleonus aschabadensis (Curculionidae)


European Mantis Mantis religiosa (Mantidae)	Rufous bombardier Beetle Brachinus nobilis (Carabidae)	Great Eggfly Hypolimnas misippus (Nymphalidae)	Shore Earwing Labidura riparia (Labiduridae)

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