Study on Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in north central Iran

Mohammadi-Khoramabadi, Abbas; Talebi, Ali Asghar; Zwakhals, Kees

doi:10.48311/jcp.2013.1087

Study on Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in north central Iran

Authors

Abbas Mohammadi-Khoramabadi ¹

Ali Asghar Talebi ¹

Kees Zwakhals ²

¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336. Tehran, I. R. Iran.

² Dr. Dreeslaan 204, 4241 CM Arkel, Netherlands, E-Mail: keeszwakhals@yahoo.com.

10.48311/jcp.2013.1087

Abstract

The fauna of the subfamily Diplazontinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in the north central parts of Iran was studied during 2010-2011. A total of 933 specimens were collected in 30 localities at different altitudes using Malaise traps. Sixteen species belonging to 7 genera were identified of which twelve species indicated by asterisk, are new records for Iran: Diplazon annulatus (Gravenhorst)*, Diplazon laetatorius (Fabricius),D. pectoratorius (Gravenhorst)*, D. tibiatorius (Thunberg)*, Enizemum ornatum (Gravenhorst), Homotropus nigritarsus (Gravenhorst)*, Homotropus pictus (Gravenhorst)*, Promethes sulcator (Gravenhorst), Sussaba flavipes (Lucas)*, Sussaba pulchella (Holmgren)*, Syrphoctonus tarsatorius (Panzer)*, Syrphophilus bizonarius (Gravenhorst)*, Tymmophorus obscuripes (Holmgren)*, Woldstedtius biguttatus (Gravenhorst), Woldstedtius citropectoralis (Schmiedeknecht)* and Xestopelta gracilima (Schmiedeknekht)*. Detailed morphological characters and a key to the genera and species are provided. Flight periods and distribution in relation to altitude on two slopes of the Alborz mountains are discussed.

Keywords

Ichneumonidae

Diplazontinae

Taxonomy

new record

identification key

Iran