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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

Ghahari, H. & Van Achterberg, C.: Microgastrinae and Opiinae

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Results

In this research 7 species of Microgastrinae and 7 species of Opiinae were collected and identified from the Arasbaran Biosphere Reserve and vicinity. One species, Apanteles britannicus Wilkinson, 1941 is new record for the fauna of Iran. The list of species is given below alphabetically with distribution data.

Subfamily Microgastrinae Förster, 1862

Tribe Apantilini Viereck, 1918

Genus Apanteles Forster, 1862

Apanteles britannicus Wilkinson, 1941

Material examined: Ardabil province, Aslandooz, 212 m, 1$, 15 August 2013. New record for Iran.

Distribution outside Iran: Widely distributed in the Palaearctic region. Armenia, Greece, Hungary, Russia, Slovakia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom (Yu et al„ 2012).

Apanteles candidatus (Haliday, 1834)

Material examined: East Azarbaijan province, Maragheh, 1494 m, 2$, 2$, 10 September 2012.

Distribution outside Iran: Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Macedonia, Mongolia, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan (Yu et al. 2012), Finland, France, Netherlands (Shenefelt 1972), Turkey (Inan? & Beyarslan 1990, 2001).

Host records: Paraswammerdamia lutarea (Shenefelt 1972, Nixon 1973, Papp 1988, Yu et al. 2012). Shenefelt (1972) recorded the following hosts: Acrobasis consociella, Anthophila pariana, Archips piceana, A. podana, Batodes angustiorana, Blastodacna atra, Caloptiliapopuletorum, Chorestoneura murinana, Choreutis nemorana, Clavigesta sylvestrana, Lasionycta proximo, Malacosoma neustria, Panolis piniperda, Perrisia pyri, Phyllonorcter corylifoliella, Pieris brassicae, Recurvaria leucatella, Solenobia inconspicuella, Tortrix buoliana, T. resinanae and Zeiraphera rufimitrana. Papp (1988) cited as host of this species Acrolepia pygmaeana, Agonopterix ocellana, Anarsia eleag- nella, A. lineatella, Anthophila fabriciana, Argyresthia pruniella, Blastodacna atra, Bucculatrix cristatella, Callisto denticulella, Caloptilia populetorum, Carcina quercana, Carpatolechia proximella, Choreutis nemorana, Ch. pariana, Diurnea fagella, Gracillaria anastomosis, Mompha subbistrigella, Paraswammerdamia albicapitella, Phyllonorycter corylifoliella, Plutella maculipennis, Prays oleae, Solenobia inconspicuella, S. lichenella and Swammerdamia pyrella. Also, other species as Abraxas gros- sulariata, Diurna lipsiella, Euproctis chrysorrhoea, Gracillaria syringella, Hedya dimioalba, Pandemis cerasana, Paraswammerdamia lutarea, Spilonota ocellana and Swammerdamia caesiella were recorded by Yu et al. (2012). Tobias (1986) and Papp (1988) reported Atemelia torquatella. It has also been reported from Dasystoma sali- cella, Recurvaria leucatella, and Dichomeris fasciella (Tobias 1986).

Apanteles obscurus (Nees, 1834)

Material examined: East Azarbaijan province, Varzaqan, 1687 m, 29,13-14 September 2012.

Distribution outside Iran: Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,