Faunistic study of the genus Habrobracon Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran

Zargar, Mohammad; Talebi, Ali Asghar; Farahani, Samira

doi:10.52547/jibs.5.3.159

Faunistic study of the genus Habrobracon Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Mohammad Zargar ¹

Ali Asghar Talebi ¹

Samira Farahani ²

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

² Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

10.52547/jibs.5.3.159

Abstract

Habrobracon kopetdagi Tobias, 1957 and H. ponticus (Tobias, 1986) are collected from Khuzestan province and recorded for the first time from Iran. In addition, three species (viz., H. crassicornis (Thomson, 1892), H. iranicus Fischer, 1972, H. stabilis (Wesmael, 1838)) are new provincial records. A faunistic list of Iranian Habrobracon species with distribution, host records and brief diagnoses for new recorded species from Iran are provided.

Graphical Abstract

Faunistic study of the genus Habrobracon Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran

Keywords

Khuzestan

new records

faunistic list

Iran

20.1001.1.24238112.2019.5.3.2.2

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