The Entomological Society of Iran Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2423-8112 12 1 2026 03 01 Additions to the chalcidoid fauna (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Iraq: New records of the genera Chalcis Fabricius, and Iridophaga Picard 13 20 27957 10.48311/jibs.12.01.13 EN Younes Karimpour Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Iran 0000-0003-2468-8367 Faraj Alag Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Iran Ali D. Shabaan Department of Biology College of Education Qurna University of Basrah, Iraq Journal Article 2025 05 09 Chalcidoid wasps (Chalcidoidea) are the most diverse and biologically significant superfamily of Hymenoptera in terms of richness and ecological variation. Specimens of the Chalcis sispes (Linnaeus, 1760) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) and Iridophaga lichtensteini Picard, 1933 Hymenoptera: Torymidae) were collected using sweep nets and identified for the first record from Iraq (Basrah environs). The study includes biological notes, key morphological characters, and supporting photographs of the species. https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/article_27957_1fe37085233f04789c85afa0a8b3f7b3.pdf