First record of the genus Zygota Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Belytinae) in Western Asia, with three new species records from Iran
نویسندگان
1 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
2 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.
3 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.
4 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
5 Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
6 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Tehran, Iran.
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10.22034/jesi.45.4.4چکیده
During our studies on the family Diapriidae, three species of the genus Zygota were collected and identified for the first time from Western Asia and the Middle East based on Iranian specimens: Zygota abdominalis (Nees, 1834), Z. nigra (Thomson, 1859), and Z. ruficornis Curtis, 1831. A key to the Iranian species of the genus Zygota and diagnostic characters for all newly recorded species are provided along with illustrations. In addition, a worldwide distribution map of the three species is also presented.
