Contribution to the knowledge of the Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Khorasan Razavi Province, Northeastern Iran

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

• SM Madjdzadeh ¹
• A. Hasani ²

¹ Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

² Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

10.22067/ijab.v8i1.25571

Abstract

Twenty species and nine genera belonging to the family Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) were collected in the present study in different locations of Khorasan Razavi Province, Northeastern Iran between 2009 and 2010. The identified species belong to three subfamilies: Miscogasterinae (1 species), Ormocerinae (2 species) and Pteromalinae (17 species). Systasis parvula Thomson, 1876 and Mesopolobus sericeus (Förster, 1770) are reported for the first time from Iran. Short taxonomic comments, available biological data as well as geographical distribution for each species are briefly mentioned. 

Keywords

• Northeast Iran
• Hymenoptera
• Pteromalidae
• Fauna
• Parasitoids
• distribution

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