New records of the family Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera, Ichnemonoidea) to the fauna of Iran
Abbas Mohammadi-Khoramabadi, Hossein Lotfalizadeh, Martin Schwarz, Eben 21, A-4202 Kirchschlag, Austria
Abstract
This study has been carried out to collect and identify Ichneumonidae species from northwestern Iran using Malaise traps during 2014. In total, fifteen species into 6 subfamilies are identified. Four species are recorded for the first time from Iran, i.e. Hoplocryptus melanocephalus (Gravenhorst, 1829), Zoophthorus palpator (Müller, 1776), Exochus erythronotus (Gravenhorst, 1820) and Enicospilus cerebrator Aubert, 1966. The geographical distribution data of the recorded species are provided.
Topics & Concepts
IchneumonidaeHymenopteraFaunaGeographyZoologyBiologyEcologyParasitoidHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogenyLepidoptera: Biology and TaxonomyInsect-Plant Interactions and Control