Israelius carthami Richards, 1952 (Hym.: Bethylidae): A rarely found species in the Palaearctic region

Pourhaji, Alireza; Lotfalizadeh, Hossein; Farshbaf-Pourabad, Reza; Gharali, Babak

doi:10.52547/jibs.4.1.31

Israelius carthami Richards, 1952 (Hym.: Bethylidae): A rarely found species in the Palaearctic region

Authors

Alireza pourhaji ¹

Hossein Lotfalizadeh ¹

Reza Farshbaf-Pourabad ²

Babak Gharali ³

¹ Department of Plant Protection, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran

² Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tabriz

³ Department of Plant Protection, Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Qazvin, Iran.

10.52547/jibs.4.1.31

Abstract

Israelius carthami Richards, 1952 was recorded for the first time from Iran, based on reared specimens from three Asteraceae capitulum: Cirsium congestum Fisch. & C.A.Mey., Carthamus lanatus L. and Xeranthemums quarrosum Boiss. In our rearing, a fruit fly species [Terellia nigripalpis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae)] was obtained on C. congestum. All host-plant associations are newly established to the science. General distribution of this parasitoid and their biological associations were discussed.

Graphical Abstract

Israelius carthami Richards, 1952 (Hym.: Bethylidae): A rarely found species in the Palaearctic region

Keywords

Host

distribution

new record

Chrysidoidea

Sclerodermini

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