A study of the Iranian Cremastinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Amiri, Abbas; Talebi, Ali Asghar; Jussila, Rejio; Rahkshani, Ehsan; Hajiqanbar, Hamidreza

A study of the Iranian Cremastinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)

Authors

Abbas Amiri ¹

Ali Asghar Talebi ²

Rejio Jussila ³

Ehsan Rahkshani ⁴

Hamidreza Hajiqanbar ⁵

¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O.Box 14115-336. Tehran, I. R. Iran

² Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University,Tehran, Iran

³ Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, University of Turku, Finland

⁴ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran

⁵ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The subfamily Cremastinae Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) was studied in Fars and Hormozgan provinces (southern Iran). The specimens were collected using Malaise traps and sweeping nets. Nine species were identified of which two species including Temelucha afghana Šedivý, 1968 and Temelucha confluens (Gravenhorst, 1829) are new records for the fauna of Iran. With result of this study, the number of Cremastinae species known from Iran has increased to 24 species in six genera. An identification key to Iranian Cremastinae is provided, as well as a morphological diagnosis for the newly recorded species.

Graphical Abstract

Keywords

Ichneumonidae

Cremastinae

Temelucha

Pristomerus

Iran

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