Additions to the chalcidoid fauna (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Iraq: New records of the genera Chalcis Fabricius, and Iridophaga Picard
نویسندگان
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Iran
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Iran
3 Department of Biology College of Education Qurna University of Basrah, Iraq
doi
10.48311/jibs.12.01.13چکیده
Chalcidoid wasps (Chalcidoidea) are the most diverse and biologically significant superfamily of Hymenoptera in terms of richness and ecological variation. Specimens of the Chalcis sispes (Linnaeus, 1760) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) and Iridophaga lichtensteini Picard, 1933 Hymenoptera: Torymidae) were collected using sweep nets and identified for the first record from Iraq (Basrah environs). The study includes biological notes, key morphological characters, and supporting photographs of the species.
