Pourhaji A, Lotfalizadeh H, Farshbaf-Pourabad R, Gharali B, Mohammadi-Khoramabadi A. Ichneumonid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in the northwest of Iran. J. Insect Biodivers. Syst 2016; 2 (2) :193-202
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1- East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Agricultural Research, AREEO, Tabriz
2- Department of Plant Protection, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO)
3- Department of Plant Protection, University of Tabriz
4- Department of Plant Protection, Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, Agricultural Research, AREEO, Qazvin
5- Department of Plant Production, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Darab, Shiraz University, Shiraz
Abstract: (14072 Views)
This study was conducted to collect and identify ichneumonid parasitoids of tephritid fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) feeding on the plants of the family Asteraceae in the northwest of Iran during 2013-2015. Five species of ichneumon wasps on five species of fruit flies were reared. They were as follows: Cremastus lineatus on Urophora terebrans; Diadegma maculatum on Hypenidium robrowskii; Scambus brevicornis on Sphenella marginata, Scambus rufator on Terellia gynacochroma and Urophora sp. and Tranosema sp. on Tephritis sp. dioscurea group. Of them, Cremastus lineatus, S. rufator and Tranosema sp. are new records for ichneumonid fauna of Iran. All host-parasitoid-plant associations were newly established to the science. General distribution of these parasitoids and their biological associations were discussed.
Article Type:
Research article |
Subject:
Systematics/Coleoptera Received: 2016/04/28 | Accepted: 2016/07/1 | Published: 2016/07/18