A contribution to the study of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of Golestan, Guilan and Mazandaran provinces, Northern Iran

Authors

  • H. Sakenin Department of Plant Protection, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qaemshahr, Iran
  • R. Jussila Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
  • S. Tirgari Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
  • A.M. Penteado-Dias Departamento de Ecologia e Biologia Evolutiva, Universidade Federal de São Carlos – UFSCar, Rodovia Washington Luís, São Carlos, SP, Brasil
  • N. Samin Young Researchers and Elites Club, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24144/1998-6475.2020.49.47-52

Keywords:

Ichneumonidae, parasitoid, host, new records, Iran.

Abstract

This paper deals with faunistic surveys on ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from three provinces of northern Iran (Golestan, Guilan and Mazandaran). In total, 40 species in 30 genera and 11 subfamilies: Anomaloninae (one species), Banchinae (four species, two genera), Campopleginae (twelve species, eight genera), Cryptinae (seven species, six genera), Ctenopelmatinae (four species, four genera), Ichneumoninae (five species, four genera), Ophioninae (one species), Oxytorinae (two species, one genus), Pimplinae (one species), Tersilochinae (one species), and Xoridinae (two species, one genus). Six species, Atractodes obsoletor (Zetterstedt, 1838), Cymodusa declinator (Gravenhorst, 1829), Euryproctus alpinus Holmgren, 1857, Enicospilus unicallosus (Vollenhoven, 1878), Hyposoter virginalis (Gravenhorst, 1829), and Lissonota digestor (Thunberg, 1824) are new records for the fauna of Iran.

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Published

2023-08-15

Issue

No. 49 (2020): Scientific Bulletin of the Uzhhorod University. Series Biology

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