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ISSN 1809-127X (online edition) www.checklist.org.br Journal of Species Lists and Distribution © 2009 Check List and Authors LISTS OF SPECIES Insecta, Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae and Torymidae in Iran 1 * 2 3 Majid Fallahzadeh, Thekke Curuppathe Narendran, and Nazila Saghaei 1 Islamic Azad University, Jahrom Branch, Department of Entomology. Jahrom Branch, Fars, Iran. 2 University of Calicut, Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology. Karala 673635, India 3 Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Department of Plant Protection. Marvdasht Branch, Fars, Iran. *Corresponding author: [email protected] Abstract: A taxonomic checklist of 43 species of Eurytomidae belonging to seven genera, and 41 species of Torymidae belonging to 15 genera, are currently recognized as occurring in Iran. Based mostly on various faunistic survey reports; no eurytomid or torymid species with collection records from Iran have previously been listed. Therefore; we did not intend to confirm identifications of previous studies, except in very obvious cases. A more comprehensive collection-based study is needed to confirm the actual Iranian occurrence of each species listed in this checklist. Introduction Materials and Methods In the Chalcidoidea, the family Eurytomidae The present checklist aims at reviewing as many with 1400 described species and the family references as possible to the Eurytomidae and Torymidae with 960 species are important in Torymidae, and listing every species with an regulating the populations of many insect species Iranian record. However; we did not intend to (Noyes 2008). For the Iranian fauna, studies of confirm identifications by previous workers Hedicke (1921), Boucek (1952; 1977), Nikolskaya except for very obvious cases. We follow the (1952) and Burks (1971) contain some faunistic classification and taxonomic arrangement of reports on Iranian Eurytomidae. Modares Awal Noyes (2008). (1997) cited eight valid species of Eurytomid wasps in his list of agricultural pests and their Results natural enemies in Iran. In recent years some Forty-three Eurytomidae species belonging to faunistic studies have been done on Iranian seven genera and 41 Torymidae species belonging Eurytomidae and some new species have been to 15 genera are listed as follows: described (Narendran and Lotfalizadeh 1999; Zerova et al. 2004; Lotfalizadeh et al. 2007; FAMILY EURYTOMIDAE Walker, 1832 Zerova and Seryogina, 2008; Zerova et al. 2008). Some studies on Torymidae in Iran have recently Bruchophagus astragali Fedoseeva, 1954 been conducted by various local and foreign Iranian Records: province of Chaharmahal- scientists (Modares Awal 1997; Ebrahimi and Bakhtiyari (Haghighian 2004); province of West Ahmadian 2002; Rakhsahani et al. 2003a; b; Azerbaijan (Zerova et al. 2008). Azizkhani et al. 2005; Delvare 2005; Lotfalizadeh Distribution outside Iran: Bulgaria; Georgia; and Gharali 2005; Askew et al. 2006a; Germany; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Mongolia; Fallahzadeh et al. 2008; Hesami et al. 2008; Romania; Russia; Sweden; Turkmenistan. Lotfalizadeh and Khalghani 2008). Although many studies have been carried out on the Bruchophagus gibbus (Boheman, 1836) Eurytomidae and Torymidae fauna in Iran, Iranian Records: province of Khuzestan their results have not been collated and published. (Eslamizadeh and Ebrahimi 2002; Eslamizadeh et This checklist was compiled to provide a al. 2008). reference for future studies on the fauna of Distribution outside Iran: Argentina; Australia; these families in Iran. Austria; Azerbaijan; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile; Check List, Campinas, 5(4): 830–839, December, 2009. 830 Lists of Species Finland; Germany; Hungary; India; Iraq; Italy; Eurytoma amygdali Enderlein, 1907 Netherlands; New Zealand, China; Peru; Iranian Records: Iran (Modares Awal 1997); Romania; Russia; Sweden; Ukraine; United province of Yazd (Mohammadi Khoramabadi and Kingdom; United States of America. Amin 2006). Distribution outside Iran: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Bruchophagus glycyrrhizae Nikolskaya, 1952 Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Iranian Record: province of Qazvin (Arbab et al. France; Georgia; Greece; Hungary; Israel; Jordan; 2004). Lebanon; Republic of Macedonia; Russia; Syria; Distribution outside Iran: India; Iraq; Kazakhstan. Turkey; Ukraine. Bruchophagus mutabilis Nikolskaya, 1952 Eurytoma arctica Thomson, 1875 Iranian Records: province of Qazvin (Arbab et al. Iranian Records: province of Markazi (Ebrahimi 2004); Iran (Nikolskaya 1952). 1993; Modares Awal 1997). Distribution outside Iran: Bulgaria; France; Distribution outside Iran: Austria; Belgium; Kazakhstan. Croatia; Czech Republic; Denmark; Finland; Germany; Hungary; Norway; Poland; Russia; Bruchophagus nikolskajae Zerova, 1975 Slovakia; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom. Iranian Record: province of Khorasan (Dashti and Lotfalizadeh 2008). Eurytoma blastophagi Hedqvist, 1963 Distribution outside Iran: Kyrgyzstan. Iranian Record: province of East Azerbaijan (Lotfalizadeh and Khalghani 2008). Bruchophagus robiniae Zerova, 1970 Distribution outside Iran: Europe; Germany; Iranian Record: province of Tehran (Rakhshani et Norway; Peoples' Republic of China; Russia; al. 2005). Sweden; USSR. Distribution outside Iran: Armenia; Bulgaria; Ukraine; Uzbekistan. Eurytoma brunniventris Raatzeburg, 1852 Iranian Records: Kordestan; Kermanshah and Bruchophagus roddi Gussakovsky, 1933 Ilam provinces (Nazemi-Rafie et al. 2007); Iranian Records: East Azerbaijan; Hamadan; province of West Azerbaijan (Zargaran et al. Kermanshah; Kurdestan; West Azerbaijan; Tehran 2008). and Zanjan provinces (Modares Awal 1997); Iran Distribution outside Iran: Austria; Bosnia and (Noyes 2008). Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Distribution outside Iran: Argentina; Australia; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Japan; South Austria; Bulgaria; Canada; Chile; Czech Korea; Netherlands; Romania; Russia; Serbia; Republic; France; Germany; Hungary; India; Iraq; Spain; Sweden; Ukraine; United Kingdom. Israel; Kazakhstan; Mexico; Moldova; Netherlands; New Zealand; Poland; Peru; Eurytoma calicotomae Zerova, 2005 Romania; Russia; Slovakia; Turkey; Ukraine; Iranian Record: province of West Azerbaijan United States of America; Uzbekistan; (Zerova et al. 2008). Yugoslavia. Distribution outside Iran: Israel Bruchophagus trjapitzini Zerova, 2008 Eurytoma caninae Lotfalizadeh and Delvare, 2007 Iranian Record: province of West Azerbaijan Iranian Record: province of East Azerbaijan (Zerova et al. 2008). (Lotfalizadeh et al. 2007); West Azerbaijan and Tehran provinces (Lotfalizadeh et al. 2006). Eurytoma abdita Zerova, 1995 Distribution outside Iran: France; Morocco. Iranian Record: province of West Azerbaijan (Zerova et al. 2008). Eurytoma collina Zerova, 1984 Distribution outside Iran: Kazakhstan; Russia; Iranian Records: East Azerbaijan and Tehran Ukraine. provinces (Lotfalizadeh et al. 2006). Distribution outside Iran: Tadzhikistan; Eurytoma acroptilae Zerova, 1986 Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan. Iranian Records: province of Ilam (Gharali 2004; Gharali and Zerova 2004a). Eurytoma curculionum Mayr, 1878 Distribution outside Iran: Azerbaijan; Kazakhstan; Iranian Records: province of Markazi (Ebrahimi Tadzhikistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan. 1993; Modares Awal 1997). Check List, Campinas, 5(4): 830–839, December, 2009. 831 Lists of Species Distribution outside Iran: Austria; Bosnia and Eurytoma plotnikovi Nikolskaya, 1934 Herzegovina; Finland; France; Germany; Iranian Records: East Azerbaijan, Fars, Isfahan, Hungary; India; Italy; Morocco; Norway; Poland; Kerman, Khorasan, Markazi, Semnan and Zanjan Republic of Macedonia; Sweden; Turkey; United provinces (Modares Awal 1997); province of Kingdom. Isfahan (Basirat and Seyedoleslami 1998; 2000). Distribution outside Iran: Greece; Israel; China. Eurytoma ghazvini Zerova, 2004 Iranian Records: province of Qazvin (Zerova et al. Eurytoma robusta Mayr, 1878 2004); Iran (Zerova and Seryogina 2006). Iranian Record: province of West Azerbaijan (Zerova et al. 2008). Eurytoma goidanichi Bou ek, 1970 Distribution outside Iran: Austria; Bulgaria; Iranian Records: Iran (Haeselbarth 1983). Czech Republic; Denmark; Europe; France; Distribution outside Iran: Croatia; Czech Germany; Greece; Hungary; Italy; Moldova; Republic; Germany; Italy; Moldova; Republic of Netherlands; Palearctic; Romania; Slovakia; Macedonia; Russia; Slovakia; Turkmenistan; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Turkey; United Ukraine; Serbia. Kingdom (excl. Northern Ireland); USSR; Yugoslavia (Federal Republic). Eurytoma iranica Narendran and Lotfalizadeh, 1999 Eurytoma rosae Nees, 1834 Iranian Record: province of Fars (Narendran and Iranian Records: East Azerbaijan and Tehran Lotfalizadeh 1999). provinces (Lotfalizadeh et al. 2006); province of Tehran (Rakhshani et al. 2003b); Iran (Askew et Eurytoma iranicola Zerova, 2007 al. 2006a; b). Iranian Records: province of Kerman (Zerova et Distribution outside Iran: Andorra; Argentina; al. 2004); Iran (Zerova and Seryogina 2006); Armenia; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Czech province of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiyari Republic; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; (Lotfalizadeh and Khalghani 2008). Hungary; Iran; Italy; Kazakhstan; Malaysia; Netherlands; North Africa; China; Poland; Eurytoma lactucae Zerova, 2008 Romania; Serbia; Slovakia; Spain; Sweden; Iranian Record: province of Lorestan (Zerova et Switzerland; Turkey; United Kingdom; al. 2008). Yugoslavia (former). Eurytoma morio Boheman, 1836 Exeurytoma caraganae Burks, 1971 Iranian Records: East Azerbaijan, Isfahan, Tehran Iranian Record: province
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