The Entomological Society of Iran Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2423-8112 2 2 2016 08 16 The genus Aspilota Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) in western Asia 259 283 20308 EN Francisco Javier Peris Felipo Bleichestrasse 15, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland Ali Ameri Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran Ehsan Rakhshani Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, P. O. Box: 98615-538, I. R. Iran Sergey Belokobylskij Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St Petersburg 199034, Russia Journal Article 2016 08 01 New data for the genus Aspilota Foerster, 1863 (Braconidae: Alysiinae) of the Western Asia are provided. Four species, A. flagimilis Fischer, 1966, A. insolita (Tobias, 1962), A. latitemporata Fischer, 1976 and A. nidicola Hedqvist, 1972, are recorded for the first time from Iran. Illustrated re-descriptions of Aspilota alfalfae Fischer, Lashkari Bod, Rakhshani & Talebi, 2011, A. delicata Fischer, 1973, A. flagimilis, A. insolita, A. latitemporata, and A. nidicola are presented. A key to the Western Asian species of Aspilota is provided. https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article_20308_3ed14dec416ac8e278f2375543bcf7da.pdf