Bimaculate species of the genus Foenatopus Smith (Hym., Stephanidae) in Iran, with a new record

Karimi, Sourush; Lotfalizadeh, Hossein; Mohammadi-Khoramabadi, Abbas

doi:10.52547/jibs.8.4.541

Bimaculate species of the genus Foenatopus Smith (Hym., Stephanidae) in Iran, with a new record

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

Sourush Karimi ¹

Hossein Lotfalizadeh ²

abbas Mohammadi-Khoramabadi ³

¹ Department of Plant Protection, Mahabad Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mahabad, Iran.

² Plant Protection Research Department, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran.

³ Department of Plant Production, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources of Darab, Shiraz University, Darab, 74591-17666, Iran.

10.52547/jibs.8.4.541

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Two species of the genus Foenatopus Smith, 1846 (Hym.: Stephanidae), were collected from West-Azarbaijan province, the northwest Iran; Foenatopus prousti Aguiar & Turrisi, 2010 and F. turcomanorum (Semenov, 1891). These species belong to the bimaculate group of this genus. Foenatopus turcomanorum is a new record for Iran. Their morphological characters and distribution are provided. The Iranian species of the bimaculate group of Foenatopus are summarized and tabulated.

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Bimaculate species of the genus Foenatopus Smith (Hym., Stephanidae) in Iran, with a new record

Keywords

Parasitoid wasp

Northwestern Iran

distribution

new record

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