First record of two genera and species of Diapriinae (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Iran

Volume 9, Issue 2
June 2020
Pages 319-325

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

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

2 Zoological Museum of Moscow University, Moscow, Russia.

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

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

Abstract
Two genera, Aneuropria Kieffer and Diapria Latreille and two species, Aneuropria foersteri (Kieffer, 1910) and Diapria conica (Fabricius, 1775) (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) are recorded from Iran for the first time. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps from Hyrcanian forests of Mazandaran, Gulian and Golestan provinces in northern Iran. Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded taxa are presented.

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