Author/Authors :
Ameri ، Ali Insect Taxonomy Research Department - Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection - Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) , Ebrahimi ، Ebrahim Insect Taxonomy Research Department - Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection - Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) , Talebi ، Ali Asghar Department of Entomology - Faculty of Agriculture - Tarbiat Modares University
Abstract :
This study was based on examination of specimens of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) deposited in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum. Totally thirteen species from eleven genera and seven subfamilies, including Braconinae (One genus – One species), Cardiochilinae (1- 1), Doryctinae (1-4), Macrocernrinae (1-2) , Opiinae (2-2), Rhyssalinae (1-1), Rogadinae (1-2) were identified, of which six species including Biosteres spinaciaeformis Fischer, 1971, Heterospilus rubicola Fischer,1968, Utetes fulvicollis (Thomson, 1895), Aleiodes arcticus (Thomson, 1892), Macrocentrus turkestanicus (Telenga, 1950) and Rhyssalus longicaudis (Tobias Belokobylskij, 1981) are new records for the Iranian braconid founa.