First discovery of the genus Miota Foerster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Iran and the Middle East, with four records of species
نویسندگان
1 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
2 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, 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 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.
doi
10.61186/jesi.43.4.5چکیده
The diapriid genus, Miota Foerster (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) is discovered from the first time from the Middle East area, represented by four species in Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2011-2018 in northern Iran. Four newly recorded species were Miota fungorum (Kieffer, 1910), M. monilicornis (Kieffer, 1910), M. polita (Thomson, 1858) and M. thomsoni Wall, 1998. Diagnostic characters, illustrations, geographical distributions, and a key to Iranian species are provided.
