Tarbiat Modares University Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2423-8112 11 1 2025 01 01 Discovery of the genus Neotrichoporoides Girault, 1913 (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Iraq, with three new records 183 193 20638 10.61186/jibs.11.1.183 EN Zainab F. Mansowr Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq Majid Jafarlu Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran Hossein Lotfalizadeh Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research of East-Azerbaijan, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran Journal Article 2024 07 30 Through a survey that was conducted in Basrah Province, Southern Iraq in 2021, specimens were collected from alfalfa fields (Medicago sativa L.) using a sweep net. These specimens were identified as Neotrichoporoides Girault, 1913 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eulophidae), which is a new report of the genus in Iraq. Three species were collected and identified, i.e. Neotrichoporoides basiļ¬‚avus Li & Li, 2021; N. cavigena Graham, 1987; and N. viridimaculatus (Fullaway, 1955). An illustrated key for identifying Neotrichoporoides species in Iraq and notes on diagnostic characters of the newly recorded species along with illustrations are provided. The distribution map of the Iraqi species is presented. Furthermore, a preliminary checklist of recorded species of Eulophidae from Iraq is provided. Chalcidoidea Checklist Medicago sativa parasitoid Taxonomy Tetrastichinae https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article_20638_b6bcdc5176f139f9c4c0036b123ee12d.pdf