Contribution to the chalcidoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Iran: new records of family, genus and species
نویسندگان
1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), AREEO, Tehran, Iran.
3 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
4 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
5 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
doi
10.61186/jibs.11.2.407چکیده
The family Macromesidae Graham, 1959, and the genus Epicopterus Westwood, 1833, from the family Eunotidae Ashmead, 1904, are recorded for the first time from Iran, by two species Macromesus amphiretus Walker, 1848, and Epicopterus choreiformis Westwood, 1833, respectively. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011 from the Guilan and Qazvin provinces in north-central Iran. Detailed morphological characters of the newly recorded species are provided. The number of Macromesidae and Eunotidae species in Iran is newly raised to one and four species, respectively. An updated list of all known species of these taxa from the Middle East is also included.
