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Samin, N. et al.: Updated checklist of Iranian Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) with twenty-three new records
Submitted: 12.07, 2018; Accepted: 20.07, 2018; Published: 30.08, 2018 Natura Somogyiensis 32: 21-36. Kaposvár, 2018 DOI: 10.24394/NatSom.2018.32.21 www.smmi.hu/termtud/ns/ns.htm Updated checklist of Iranian Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) with twenty-three new records ■Najmeh Samin, 2Juana María Coronado-Blanco, 3Maximilian Fischer, 4Kees van Achterberg, 5Hamid Sakenin & 6Elena Davidian ■Young Researchers and Elite Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; email: n_samin63@yahoo.com 2Facultad de Ingeniería у Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico; email: jmcoronado@docentes.uat.edu.mx 3Hofrat i.R. Univ.-Dozent, Naturhistorisches Museum, 2. Zoologische Abteilung, A-1010 Wien, Burgring 7, Austria; email: maximilian.fischer@chello.at •"■Department of Entomology, National Natuurhistorisch Museum, Postbus 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands;email: c.vanachterberg@xs4all.nl department of Plant Protection, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran; email: hchelave@yahoo.com 6Russian Institute of Plant Protection (VIZR), Podbelsky shosse, 3, St. Petersburg-Pushkin, 196608, Russia; email: gdavidian@yandex.ru Samin N., Coronado-Blanco J. M., Fischer M., van Achterberg К., Sakenin H. & Davidian E.: Updated checklist of Iranian Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) with twenty-three new records. Abstract: This faunistic paper deals with species diversity of nine subfamilies of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Iran. A total of 23 species within 18 genera were collected and identified as new records for the fauna of Iran: Agathidinae (two species), Alysiinae (two species), Aphidiinae (one species), Braconinae (one species), Cenocoelionidae (two species), Euphorinae (four species), Microgastrinae (seven species), Opiinae (three species) and Sigalphinae (one species). Additionally, updated checklist of Iranian Braconidae included 861 species is represented in this checklist. Keywords: Species diversity, catalogue, fauna, new country records, parasitoids, Iran Introduction Braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) are one of the most diverse and powerful parasitoids which have efficient role in biological control of various agricultural and forest pests (Matthews 1974, Shaw 1995, Quicke et al. 1999). This family comprises 21,221 described species and with estimation of 40,000 to 50,000 species worldwide (Yu et al. 2016). The members of the family Braconidae are primary parasitoids on other insects, especially the larval stages of Coleoptera, Diptera, and Lepidoptera, but also some hemimetabolous insects like aphids, Heteroptera or Embiidina (Sharkey 1993, Wharton 1993). ISSN 1587-1908 (Print); ISSN 2062-9990 (Online)
