Occurrence of the rare aphid parasitoid Praon bicolor Mackauer, 1959 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) in central Asia

Farahani, Samira; Talebi, Ali Asghar; Barahoei, Hossein

Occurrence of the rare aphid parasitoid Praon bicolor Mackauer, 1959 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) in central Asia

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Samira Farahani ¹

Ali Asghar Talebi ²

Hossein Barahoei ³

¹ Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

² Department of Agricultural Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, I.R. Iran

³ Institute of Agricultural Research, University of Zabol, 98615-538, I.R. Iran

Abstract

A seldom collected parasitoid of the pine aphids, Praon bicolor Mackauer, 1959, was captured in Malaise traps, mounted near the pine forests of Alborz Province (north central of Iran). It is the first record of this species from Iran and from the central Asian area. A brief diagnosis according to the morphological characters is presented and the host range within the conifers aphid parasitoids is also discussed.

Graphical Abstract

Occurrence of the rare aphid parasitoid Praon bicolor Mackauer, 1959 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) in central Asia

Keywords

Northern Iran

central Alborz

Pine forest

new record

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