Checklist of Iranian Encyrtids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with descriptions of new species
1Department of Entomology, Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch, Fars, Iran
2Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Suleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey
3Entomology and Biocontrol Research Centre, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Abstract
A list of Iranian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is given for the first time. It includes 93 species representing 32 genera. Host information from Iran and distributional data are also provided. Three genera and 7 species are first recorded from Iran. New host records are provided for three species. Two new species, Gyranusoidea iranica sp. n. and Microterys iranicus sp. n., are described and diagnostic characters are provided for them.
Keywords: New species, Hymenoptera, Encyrtidae, Distribution, Iran
Abbreviations: AOL, distance between posterior and anterior ocelli; EL, maximum eye length; FV, minimum
frontovertex width; F1, F2, etc., first funicle segment, second funicle segment, etc.; GL, maximum length of gonostylus
(= third valvula); HW, maximum head width; MS, malar space (shortest distance from eye to mouth margin); OCL,
occipital ocellar line (distance of posterior ocellus from occipital margin); OD, greatest diameter of an ocellus; OL,
ovipositor length; OOL, ocular-ocellar line (shortest distance between posterior ocellus and adjacent eye margin); OPL,
length of outer plate of ovipositor; OPW, maximum width of outer plate of ovipositor; POL, posterior ocellar line (=
the shortest distance between the posterior ocelli); SL, scape length; SW, scape width; Acronym for depository,
EBRC, Insect collection of Entomology and Biocontrol Research Centre, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Correspondence: a mfalahm@yahoo.com, b giorgij70@yahoo.com
Received: 22 January 2009 | Accepted: 1 September 2009 | Published: 18 June 2010
Copyright: This is an open access paper. We use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license that permits unrestricted use, provided that the paper is properly attributed.
ISSN: 1536-2442 | Volume 10, Number 68
Fallahzadeh M, Japoshvili G. 2010. Checklist of Iranian Encyrtids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) with descriptions of new species. Journal of Insect Science 10:68, available online: insectscience.org/10.68
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