Title of article :
The genus Inostemma Haliday (Hym.: Platygastridae) in Iran with some new records and biological findings
Author/Authors :
Asadi-Farfar, Maryam Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - Urmia University, Urmia, Iran , Lotfalizadeh, Hossein Plant Protection Research Department - East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran , Karimpour, Younes Department of Plant Protection - Faculty of Agriculture - Urmia University, Urmia, Iran
Abstract :
Three species of the genus Inostemma Haliday (Hymenoptera:
Platygastridae), i.e. Inostemma discessus Szelenyi, I. koponeni Buhl and I.
contariniae Szelenyi are reported as new records for the Iranian fauna.
Inostemma discessus was reared for the first time from Ephedra gall midge,
Ephedromyia debilopalpis Marikovskij (Dip.: Cecidomyiidae) on Ephedra sp.
(Plantae: Ephedraceae) in the northwest Iran. The Iranian species of the genus
Inostemma were listed.
Keywords :
Iran , Fauna , Host record , Gall midges , Platygastrinae
Journal title :
Journal of Crop Protection
