Three new records of Pteromalidae (Hym., Chalcidoidea) for insects’ fauna of Iraq
نویسندگان
1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
2 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Pardis of Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
3 Department of Biology, College of Education, Qurna University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq
doi
10.22034/jesi.46.2.5چکیده
Three species of Pteromalidae Dalman, 1820 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) namely, Sphegigaster cuscutae Ferriere, 1959, S. nigricornis Nees, 1834 and Pachyneuron gibbiscuta Thomson, 1878 were collected using the sweeping net and identified for the first time from Iraq, okra fields of Basrah environs. With the discovery and identification of two species of the genus Sphegigaster and one species of the genus Pachyneuron, the number of their species in the genus increases to three and two species in Iraq, respectively. Some biological notes and morphological characters along with photos of the species were provided.
