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Sakenin Chelav, H. et al.: A faunistic study on Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) of Iran
Natura Somogyiensis 32: 11-20. Kaposvár, 2018 DÓI: 10.24394/NatSom.2018.32.11 Submitted: 12.07, 2018; Accepted: 20.07, 2018; Published: 30.08, 2018 www.smmi.hu/termtud/ns/ns.htm A faunistic study on Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) of Iran Hamid Sakenin Chelav1, Najmeh Samin2, Svetlana N. Myartseva3, Shaaban Abd-Rabou4, Lutfiye Gender5 & Hamid Naderian6 'Department of Plant Protection, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran; email: hchelav@yahoo.com 2Young Researchers and Elite Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; email: n_samin63@yahoo.com 3Cuerpo Académico Entomología Aplícada, Facultad de Ingenieria у Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, 87149, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, México; email: smyartse@docentes.uat.edu.mx 4Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki-Giza, Egypt; email: shaabanabdrabou59@yahoo.com 5Cumhuriyet University, Science Faculty, Department of Biology, 58140, Sivas, Turkey; email: gencer@cumhuriyet.edu.tr department of Entomology, Garmsar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Semnan, Iran; email: hamid.naderian@yahoo.com Sakenin Chelav, H., Samin, N. Svetlana N., Shaaban Abd-Rabou, M., Genqer, L. & Naderian, H.: A faunistic study on Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) of Iran. Abstract: The fauna of some families of Iranian Chalcidoidea is studied. In total, 24 species of six families, Chalcididae (3 species from 3 genera Brachymeria Westwood, Chalcis Fabricius and Dirhinus Dalman), Encyrtidae (7 species from 6 genera Anagyrus Howard, 1896, Copidosoma Ratzeburg, 1844, Diversinervus Silvestri, 1915, Encyrtus Latreille, 1809, Microterys Thomson, 1876 and Syrphophagus Ashmead, 1900), Eupelmidae (8 species from 4 genera Anastatus Motschulsky, Eupelmus Dalman, Eusandalum Ratzeburg and Pentacladia Westwood), Eurytomidae (3 species from 2 genera Eurytoma Illiger and Tetramesa Walker), Mymaridae (single species from the genus Anaphes Haliday) and Perilampidae (2 species from the genus Perilampus Latreille) were collected and identified. Keywords: Chalcidoids, Fauna, species diversity, distribution, Iran Introduction Chalcidoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) are a fascinating group of insects, which show exquisite life histories and diverse types of host relationships. They are believed to have originated in the upper Jurassic period (Narendran et al. 2007). The superfamily is one of the largest groups of párásítóid wasps with about 22,000 valid species in over than 2,000 genera worldwide (Noyes 2016), with an estimated 500,000 species (Heraty et al. 2013). Although some species are plant feeders or have association with plant galls, but the large majority of chalcid species are primary parasitoids of other insects and arachnids and as such they are important participants in nature's own ISSN 1587-1908 (Print); ISSN 2062-9990 (Online)
