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Samin, N. et al.: Updated checklist of Iranian Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) with twenty-three new records
24 Natura Somogyiensis Genus Cotesia Cameron, 1891 Cotesia gonopterygis (Marshall, 1897) Material examined. Kurdistan province, Qorveh, 35°15'N 47°40'E, 1$, \<$, 9. viii.2013. Genus Microplitis Förster, 1863 Microplitis albipennis Abdinbekova, 1969 Material examined Khuzestan province, Andimeshk, 32°357M 48°20'E, 2$$, 2$, 7.V.2015 Microplitis mandibularis (Thomson, 1895) Material examined. Fars province, Eghlid, 30°53Т4 52°41'E, 2$$, 5.V.2009. Genus Protapanteles Ashmead, 1898 Protapanteles acasta (Nixon, 1973) Material examined: Khorasan-e Shomali province, Shirvan, 37°32'N 57°54'E, 1$, \$, 27.vi.2015. Subfamily Opiinae Blanchard, 1845 Genus Opius Wesmael, 1835 Opius (Allophlebus) fuscipennis Wesmael, 1835 Material examined: Fars province, Fasa, 28°58'N 53°46'E, 2$$, ll.v.2011. Opius (Cryptonastes) gracilis Fischer, 1957 Material examined: Khuzestan province, Shushtar, 32°00'N 48°50'E, 3§§, \$, I4.V.2014, ex Amauromyza (Cephalomyza) gyrans (Fallen, 1823) (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Opius (Utetes) rotundiventris (Thomson, 1895) Material examined: Markazi province, Khomein, 33°407М 50°00'E, 1^, 25.vii.2015. Subfamily Sigalphinae Haliday, 1833 Genus Sigalphus Latreille, 1802 Sigalphus caudatus Nees, 1816 Material examined: Flamedan province, Razan, 35°25TM 49°00'E, \S, 3.ix.2012. Discussion This investigation with 23 new records proves that the fauna of Iranian Braconidae is diverse and on the other hand, unknown yet. Regarding to the new records of this faunistic research, the total species number of Iranian Braconidae reaches to 861 (Yu et al. 2016: 804 species; Beyarslan et al. 2017: five new records; Gadallah & Ghahari 2017: five new records; Ghahari & Van Achterberg 2016: one new record; Ghahari & Beyarslan 2017: two new records; Sakenin et al. 2018: 21 new records; and this study: 23 new records). Among the different subfamilies of Iranian Braconidae, Braconinae with 122 recorded species and subspecies is more diverse than all others, followed by Microgastrinae, Opiinae and Alysiinae with 111, 104 and 94 species/subspecies, respectively (Fig. 1). Iran is a large country (1,623,779 km2) and is characterized by a high climatic heterogeneity (Hakimzadeh Khoei et al. 2011). It is bordered in the north by the Caucasus Mountains, Middle Asian natural regions and the Caspian Sea, in the west by the Anatolian and Mesopotamian regions, in the east by the eastern part of the Iranian plateau and the Baluch-Sindian region, and finally in the south by the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea, which are connected by the latter to the Indian Ocean (Zehzad et al. 2002).
