Discovery of the genus Cinetus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Iran, with five species records

Volume 12, Issue 4
December 2023
Pages 333-348

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.

3 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract
In this study, the specimens of the genus Cinetus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) were collected using the Malaise traps during 2010-2019 in Northern Iran. The genus Cinetus and five related species are recorded from Iran for the first time: Cinetus angustatus Kieffer, 1910, C. ditomus (Kieffer, 1910), C. fuliginosus Curtis, 1831, C. iridipennis Lepeletier and Serville, 1825 and C. simulans Nixon, 1957. Diagnostic characters, illustrations, geographical distributions, and a key to Iranian species of the genus Cinetus are provided.

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