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Samin, N. et al.: A contribution to the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran
Natura Somogyiensis 35: 25-28. Kaposvár, 2020 Submitted: 30.06, 2020; Accepted: 05.07, 2020; Published: 31.07, 2020 DOI: 10.24394/NatSom.2020.35.25 www.smmi.hu/termtud/ns/ns.htm A contribution to the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran Najmeh Samin1, Ahmet Beyarslan2, Juana María Coronado-Blanco3, & Majid Navaeian4 ■Young Researchers and Elite Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran; email: n_samin63@yahoo.com department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Science, Trakya University, Edrine, Turkey 3Facultad de Ingeniería у Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Centro Universitario, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico “■Department of Biology, Yadegar-e Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran Samin, N., Beyarslan, A., Coronado-Blanco, J.M., Navaeian, M. & Kavallieratos, N.G.: A contribution to the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran. Abstract: In this faunistic paper, totally 24 species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) were collected and identified from Alysiinae (5 species in 3 genera), Aphidiinae (2 species in 2 genera), Braconinae (4 species in 2 genera), Microgastrinae (4 species in one genus), Microgastrinae (3 species in 2 genera), Pambolinae (one species), Rhysipolinae (one species), Rhyssalinae (one species), and Rogadinae (3 species in 2 genera). Five species are new records for the fauna of Iran: Diaeretus leucopterus (Haliday, 1834) (Aphidiinae), Bracon (Glabrobracon) colpophorus Wesmael, 1838 (Braconinae), Apanteles (Dolichogenidea) punctiger (Wesmael, 1837) (Microgastrinae), Oncophanes (Oncophanes) minutus (Wesmael, 1838) (Rhyssalinae), and Clinocentrus caucasicus Tobias, 1976 (Rogadinae). Keywords: Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae, parasitoids, hosts, fauna, new records, Iran Introduction Braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with over than 21,000 described species worldwide (Yu et al. 2016), are one of the most powerful parasitoids which have efficient role in biological control of different agricultural and forest pests (Waage & Greathead 1986, Shaw & Huddleston 1991, Wharton 1993, Quicke 2015). The fauna of Iranian Braconidae has been studied rather well (e.g., Gadallah & Ghahari 2013a, 2013b, 2015, 2016, Barahoei et al. 2014, Gadallah et al. 2015a, 2015b, 2016a, 2016b, Farahani et al. 2016, Ghahari 2016, Beyarslan et al. 2017, Samin et al. 2018a, b), but since Iran is a large country comprises various ecosystems, several new species are expected to be discovered. The objective of this faunistic paper is to study of distribution of 24 braconid species in different regions and various ecosystems of Iran, and introducing of five new records for the fauna of Iran. ISSN 1587-1908 (Print); ISSN 2062-9990 (Online)
