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Moravvej S, Lotfalizadeh H, Shishehbor P. A contribution to the knowledge of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Khuzestan in southwestern Iran. J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2018; 4 (1) :13-23
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A contribution to the knowledge of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Khuzestan in southwestern Iran
Seyed Moravvej * 1, Hossein Lotfalizadeh2 , Parviz Shishehbor1
1- Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran
2- Department of Plant Protection, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO)
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This contribution reports 15 species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) belonging to 12 genera from Khuzestan province of Iran of which 11 species were determined to species level. Five genera and seven species are new for the fauna of Khuzestan province. Three genera viz. Apoleptomastix, Rhopus and Thomsonisca, and three species viz. Apoleptomastix bicoloricornis (Girault, 1915), Leptomastidea bifasciata (Mayr, 1876) and Rhopus nigroclavatus (Ashmead, 1902) are new for the Iranian fauna.
Keywords: fauna, Iran, Khuzestan, Encyrtidae, new records
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Article Type: Research article | Subject: Systematics/Coleoptera
Received: 2017/09/20 | Accepted: 2018/01/9 | Published: 2018/03/1
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