Thaumatorymus Ferrière and Novicky, 1954 (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), a rare and monotypic genus discovered in Iran

Lotfalizadeh, Hossein; Gharali, Babak; Rasplus, Jean-Yves

doi:10.48311/jcp.2020.1489

Thaumatorymus Ferrière and Novicky, 1954 (Hymenoptera: Torymidae), a rare and monotypic genus discovered in Iran

https://doi.org/10.48311/jcp.2020.1489

Volume 9, Issue 3
September 2020

Pages 411-419

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

H. Lotfalizadeh ¹

B. Gharali ²

J. Rasplus ³

¹ Plant Protection Research Department, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran.

² Department of Plant Protection, Qazvin Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Qazvin, Iran.

³ CBGP, Univ. Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France.

Abstract

The monotypic genus Thaumatorymus Ferrière and Novicky, 1954 (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) is endemic of the West Palaearctic subregion. Thaumatorymus notanisoides, a species rarely sampled, is recorded for the first time from Iran, expanding its known distribution range in the subregion. A brief diagnosis, illustrations and geographical distribution are provided.

Keywords

Hymenoptera

Chalcidoidea

new record

Chalcimerinae

Iran

20.1001.1.22519041.2020.9.3.14.5

Subjects

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