Tarbiat Modares University Journal of Crop Protection 2251-9041 8 1 2019 03 01 First record of Coccobius pistacicolus (Yasnosh, 1968) (Hym.: Aphelinidae) from Iran 131 134 1421 10.48311/jcp.2019.1421 EN Nasrin Shahbazvar Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Reza Hosseini Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran. Shahab Manzari Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran. George Japoshvili Institute of Entomology, Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia. Journal Article In the present study, which is based on the material collected from Southern part of Caspian Sea, Iran during 2013- 2016, one parasitoid species of the genus <em>Coccobius</em> Ratzeburg was identified as <em>Coccobius</em> <em>pistacicolus</em> (Yasnosh, 1968) (Hym: Aphelinidae). This species, which is reported for the first time from Iran, was collected in Rasht, Guilan province, and reared from <em>Lepidosaphes pallida </em>(Maskell) (Hem.: Diaspididae) on <em>Ficus carica </em>(Moraceae). Diagnostic characters of <em>C.</em> <em>pistacicolus</em> are provided. https://jcp.modares.ac.ir/article_1421_9aa42b31882ec039965f3c4923ce901b.pdf