Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

Review of the genus Casinaria Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) in Iran

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Ali Feizi 1
Ali Asghar Talebi 1
Matthias Riedel 2
Ehsan Rakhshani 3
1 Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Entomology, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O.Box: 14115-336, Tehran, I. R. Iran
2 Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 München, Germany
3 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol P.O. Box: 538-98615, Zabol, I. R. Iran
10.48311/jibs.12.01.41
Abstract
Casinaria is a genus within Campopleginae (Hym., Ichneumonidae) with 125 species worldwide. In this study, as part of the surveys on the ichneumonid diversity, specimens were collected during three surveys in north-central, southern, and north-eastern Iran. Examination of the collected specimens revealed new findings for the genus Casinaria Holmgren, 1859. Four species are newly recorded from Iran: Casinaria horstmanni Riedel, 2018, C. moesta (Gravenhorst, 1829), C. nigripes (Gravenhorst, 1829), and C. pyreneator Aubert, 1960. This study provides identifications based on reliable diagnostic characters, illustrations, zoogeographical distribution data, and an updated list of Iranian species.

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Review of the genus Casinaria Holmgren (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Campopleginae) in Iran
Keywords
Parasitoid wasps
illustrated key
distribution
morphology
taxonomy
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