An annotated catalogue of the Iranian Euphorinae, Gnamptodontinae, Helconinae, Hormiinae and Rhysipolinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Abstract

The Iranian species diversity of five braconid subfamilies, Euphorinae (54 species in 16 genera and 8 tribes), Gnamptodontinae (4 species in 1 genus and 1 tribe), Helconinae (9 species in 5 genera and 2 tribes), Hormiinae (8 species in 4 genera and 2 tribe) and Rhysipolinae (3 species in 2 genera) are summarized in this catalogue. A faunistic list is given comprising both local and global distribution of each species under study as well as host records. In the present study ten new records are added to the Iranian fauna: Centistes (Ancylocentrus) ater (Nees), Centistes cuspidatus (Haliday), Meteorus affinis (Wesmael), Meteorus rufus (DeGeer), Microctonus brevicollis (Haliday), Microctonus falciger Ruthe, Peristenus nitidus (Curtis) (Euphorinae), Aspicolpus carinator (Nees), Diospilus capito (Nees) and Diospilus productus Marshall (Helconinae s.l.). Euphorus pseudomitis Hedwig, 1957 is transferred to the subfamily Hormiinae and Hormisca pseudomitis (Hedwig, 1957) is a new combination.

A contribution to the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran

“…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, 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.…”

Фауністичне дослідження ос-браконід (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) Ірану

“…The Braconidae includes 21,221 described species worldwide classified into 45 subfamilies (Yu et al 2016) whžich are parasitoids of other insects (Wharton 1993). The fauna of Iranian Braconidae has been studied rather well and most of species have been catalogued earlier (e.g., Gadallah, Ghahari 2013a, 2013b, 2016Farahani et al 2014Farahani et al , 2016Gadallah et al 2015aGadallah et al , 2015bGadallah et al , 2016aGadallah et al , 2016bGhahari, 2016;Beyarslan et al 2017;Samin et al 2018;Sakenin et al 2018). Below new data on the Braconidae of the fauna of Iran is given.…”