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FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK Volume67 2006 pp. 161-197. New species of oak gall wasps from Zagross Mountains of Iran (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae, Cynipini) E. AZIZKHANI

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Division of Plant Pests and Diseases, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Tehran P. O. Box 13185-116, Iran. E-mail: ebrahim.sadeghi@rifr-ac.org Systematic Parasitoid Laboratory, Plant Protection and Soil Conservation Service of County Vas, H-9762 Tanakajd, Ambrózy sétány 2, Hungary. E-mail: meiikageorge@gmail.com ^Institute of Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JT, Scotland, United Kingdom. E-mail: grahatn.slone@ed.ac.uk 7

Mauritian Wildlife Foundation, Grannum Road, Vacoas, Mauritius E-mail: ratkinson@mwf.intnet.mu Abstract - Three new species of cynipid oak gall wasps, Andricus stonei sp. n., Diyocosmus mikoi sp. n. and Diyocosmus tavakolii sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from the Zagros Mountains of Iran are described. Data on the diagnosis, distribution and biology of the new species arc given. A redescription and diagnosis of Andricus moreae (GRAEFFE, 1905), a species for a long time known from the literature as one with uncertain status, is given too. With 129 figures. Key words - Cynipidae, gall wasp, Andricus, Dryocosmus, taxonomy, morphology, distribution, biology. INTRODUCTION The oak cynipid gall wasp fauna of Iran remains little-studied. Thirty six species of oak cynipids were listed as present in Iran by CHODJAI (1980), but many