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Ghahari, H.–Van Achterberg, C.: A contribution to the study of subfamilies Microgastrine and Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve and vicinity, Northwester Iran
24 Natura Somogyiensis Fig. 1: Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve and its neighboring areas (Northwestern Iran) meters, including high alpine meadows, semi-arid steppes, rangelands and forests, rivers and springs. Arasbaran is the territory of about 23,500 nomads who are mainly living in the buffer and transition zones. The braconids' fauna of Arasbaran was poorly studied and the alone research was conducted by Ghahari et al. (2009). The fauna of Iranian Braconidae was studied rather well as some subfamilies are catalogued step by step (Gadallah & Ghahari 2013a,b, 2015, Khajeh et al. 2014, Gadallah et al. 2015a,b, 2016a,b). The aim of this faunistic paper is determining of the collected braconid specimens from some regions of Arasbaran and vicinity (northwestern Iran). Material and Methods The materials were collected from different regions of Arasbaran and vicinity (northwestern Iran) in September 2012. The sampling methods were Malaise traps and sweeping net, and also rearing of hosts in optimum condition (25±2 °C, 65±5% RH, 14: 10 L: D) in incubator. The specimens were put in alcohol 75% or mounted on triangular labels and were examined with a stereoscopic binocular microscope. Classification, nomenclature, distribution and host data of Braconidae suggested by Yu et al. (2012) have been followed. For later additions and changes, the exact references are given.
