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Samin, N. et al.: A faunistic study on the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Iran
Submitted: 04.09, 2019; Accepted: 20.09, 2019; Published: 30.09, 2019 Natura Somogyiensis 33: 75-80. Kaposvár, 2019 DOI: 10.24394/NatSom.2019.33.75 www.smmi.hu/termtud/ns/ns.htm A faunistic study on the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Iran Najmeh Samin1, Juana María Coronado-Blanco2, Afshin Hosseini3, Maximilian Fischer4 & Hamid Sakenin Chelav5 •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, Centro Universitario, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico department of Biology, Yadegar- e- Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 4Naturhistorisches Museum, 2. Zoologische Abteilung, А-l010 Wien, Austria department of Plant Protection, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran Samin, N., Coronado-Blanco J. M., Hosseini, A., Fischer, M. & Chelav, H. S.: A faunistic study on the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Iran. Abstract: Twenty-three species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) within eight subfamilies, Agathidinae, Alysiinae, Blacinae, Brachistinae, Braconinae, Cheloninae, Euphorinae, Macrocentrinae, Microgastrinae and Neoneurinae are recorded for the fauna of Iran. Five species, Macrocentrus grandii Goidanich, 1937 (Macrocentrinae), Apanteles elpis Nixon, 1973, Apanteles urgo Nixon, 1965, Microplitis sofron Nixon, 1970, and Protapanteles aliphera (Nixon, 1973) (Microgastrinae) are newly recorded from Iran. Keywords: Braconidae, species diversity, párásítóid, Iran Introduction Braconidae is a family of párásítóid wasps and one of the richest families of insects with more than 21,000 described species worldwide (Yu et al. 2016). Braconid wasps are very powerful and important biological control agent in most ecosystems (Godfray 1994). Most braconids are primary parasitoids of Coleoptera, Diptera, and Lepidoptera, but also some hemimetabolous insects like aphids, Heteroptera or Embiidina (Wharton 1993, Quicke 2015). The fauna of Iranian Braconidae has been studied rather well (e.g., Gandallah & Ghahari 2013a, b, 2015, 2017; Barahoei et al. 2014; Gandallah et al. 2015a, b, 2016a, b; Gandallah & Ghahari 2016; 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 23 braconid species and five new country records. ISSN 1587-1908 (Print); ISSN 2062-9990 (Online)
