The genus Inostemma Haliday (Hym.: Platygastridae) in Iran with some new records and biological findings

Volume 9, Issue 2
June 2020
Pages 327-335

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

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

Abstract
Three species of the genus Inostemma Haliday (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), i.e. Inostemma discessus Szelenyi, I. koponeni Buhl and I. contariniae Szelenyi are reported as new records for the Iranian fauna. Inostemma discessus was reared for the first time from Ephedra gall midge, Ephedromyia debilopalpis Marikovskij (Dip.: Cecidomyiidae) on Ephedra sp. (Plantae: Ephedraceae) in the northwest Iran. The Iranian species of the genus Inostemma were listed.

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