A faunistic survey on the genus Chorebus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae, Dacnusini) in Eastern Iran

Yari, Zahra; Cortés, Elena; Peris-Felipo, Francisco Javier; Rakhshani, Ehsan

A faunistic survey on the genus Chorebus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae, Dacnusini) in Eastern Iran

Authors

Zahra Yari ¹

Elena Cortés ²

Francisco Javier Peris-Felipo ³

Ehsan Rakhshani ¹

¹ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, I.R. Iran

² Fernando el Católico, 7, 1A, CP/03804, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain

³ Bleichestrasse 15, CH–4058 Basel, Switzerland

Abstract

The diagnosis and new contributions of the genus Chorebus Haliday, 1833 from Eastern Iranian provinces (North Khorasan, Khorasan-e Razavi, and Sistan-o Baluchestan) are provided. Samplings were carried out from 2009 to 2014. A total of 18 species are listed. Chorebus (C.)ruficollis(Stelfox, 1957) is recorded for the first time fromIran. An identification key is provided for Chorebus species occurring in the Eastern Iran.

Graphical Abstract

A faunistic survey on the genus Chorebus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae, Dacnusini) in Eastern Iran

Keywords

parasitic wasps

Braconidae

Alysiinae

Diptera

Eastern Iran

new records

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