Additional evidence and new records of the subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Western Iran

Rajabi Mazhar, Alireza; Samartsev, Konstantin; Goldasteh, Shila; Farahani, Samira

doi:10.52547/jibs.5.2.87

Additional evidence and new records of the subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Western Iran

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Alireza Rajabi Mazhar ¹

Konstantin Samartsev ²

Shila Goldasteh ³

Samira Farahani ⁴

¹ Research and Education of Agriculture and Natural Resources Center, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Hamadan, Iran.

² Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia.

³ Department of Entomology, Agricultural faculty, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran.

⁴ Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

10.52547/jibs.5.2.87

Abstract

A survey of Braconinae wasps was conducted at five sites, represented by various agroecosystems, rangelands and forests in Western Iran (Hamadan province) during 2015−2016 with a series of light and Malaise traps. Fifteen species belonging to three genera (Bracon Fabricius, Glyptomorpha Holmgren and Pseudovipio Szépligeti) were identified, among them five species, viz. Bracon concavus Tobias, B. fumigidus Szépligeti, B. iskilipus Beyarslan & Tobias, B. moczari Papp and B. novus Szépligeti, were recorded for the first time from Iran. 15 species are new provincial records for Hamadan.

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Keywords

Bracon

new records

Hamadan

Iran

fauna

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