Sawflies from Zanjan Province, with the First Report of Dolerus Murcius Konow, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Selandriinae) for Iran
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J Insect Biodivers Syst 04(4): 253–259 ISSN: 2423-8112 JOURNAL OF INSECT BIODIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATICS Research Article http://jibs.modares.ac.ir http://zoobank.org/References/F3784290-7BCB-498C-A7B7-02FB12B04B28 Sawflies from Zanjan Province, with the first report of Dolerus murcius Konow, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Selandriinae) for Iran Mohammad Khayrandish1* and Ahmad Nadimi2 1 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. 2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Iran. ABSTRACT. We present the results of a survey on the sawfly fauna of Received: Anguran Protected Area, Dandi, Mahneshan County, Zanjan Province, Iran. 03 December, 2018 Surveys in 2018 with nets recorded 4 sawfly species in three genera: Macrophya Accepted: diversipes (Schrank, 1782); Macrophya nr. ribis (Schrank, 1781); Tenthredo 08 January, 2019 cinctipleuris (Enslin, 1910) and Dolerus murcius Konow, 1895. The last Published: mentioned species is a new record for the Iranian fauna. 17 January, 2019 Subject Editor: Key words: Symphyta, Sawflies, Fauna, Zanjan, Iran Andrew Liston Citation: Khayrandish, M. & Nadimi, A. (2018) Sawflies from Zanjan Province, with the first report of Dolerus murcius Konow, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Selandriinae) for Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 4 (4), 253–259. Introduction Sawflies are insects of the suborder species have been reported) (Modares Symphyta within the order Hymenoptera. Awal, 1997; Taeger & Blank, 2011), Their larval stages feed on plants, mostly sampling was carried out by sweep net to externally, but some species induce galls or find out more information about Symphyta. live inside fruits, or live in tunnels in wood or shoots. The larvae of Orussidae are Material and methods exceptional: they are parasitoids of wood- The study was conducted in Anguran boring insects (Smith, 1988; Viitasaari, 2002). protected area (Fig. 1), which is an area of According to previous studies, sawflies 125,000 Ha, located north-west of Zanjan include 178 species, 60 genera and 9 Province, Iran (Fig. 2). Adult sawflies were families in Iran (Khayrandish et al., 2015, collected with sweep net on the dog rose 2017). Subsequent studies of Khayrandish (Rosa sp.) during June 2018. Major keys to & Ebrahimi (2018) and Khayrandish & species used for identification of collected Farahani (in press) increased the sawfly sawflies are as follow: Benson (1952, 1968), species reported from Iran to 187. Due to Zombori (1981), Zhelochovtsev & Zinovjev the lack of information and reports about (1993) and Haris (2000). One male of Dolerus sawflies in Zanjan Province (only two murcius is deposited in the Collection of the Corresponding author: Mohammad Khayrandish, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2018, Khayrandish & Nadimi. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 254 Dolerus murcius as a new record for Iran Department of Plant Protection, College of Macrophya diversipes (Schrank, 1782) Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Material examined: (1♀, 1♂), Zanjan Province, Kerman, and the other specimen is Mahneshan County, Dandi, Anguran, deposited in the Biodiversity Museum (UTM: x: 738703, y: 4055643, 1473m a.s.l.), (Department of Environment, Tehran, 11.VI.2018, 1♀, 1♂; Leg.: A. Nadimi. Pardisan Park). Distribution in Iran: Northern Iran, Alborz, Gilan, Lorestan and Mazandaran Provinces Results (Khayrandish et al., 2017); Golestan, Isfahan, Four species were recognized in Zanjan Khuzestan, Qazvin Provinces (Khayrandish & Province. Macrophya diversipes (Schrank, Ebrahini, 2018); Golestan and Mazandaran 1782); Macrophya nr. ribis (Schrank, 1781); Provinces (Khayrandish & Farahani, in press); Tenthredo cinctipleuris (Enselin, 1910) and Zanjan Province (present study). Dolerus murcius Konow, 1895 are recorded General distribution: Palaearctic (Taeger et for Zanjan fauna for the first time and D. al., 2010). murcius is a new record for the Iranian Host plants: Fragaria sp. (Çalmaşur & Özbek, fauna. 2004). Figure 1. General habitat at Qaleh-Juq, Dandi, Mahneshan County, Iran in June 2018. Khayrandish & Nadimi 255 Figure 2. Representative map of Iran. Red and blue points indicate the study sites in Zanjan province. Macrophya nr. ribis (Schrank, 1781) Host plants: Sambucus nigra, S. racemosa, Material examined: (4♂♂), Zanjan Province, and S. ebulus (Taeger et al., 1998). Mahneshan County, Dandi, Anguran, Tenthredo cinctipleuris (Enselin, 1910) (UTM: x: 738703, y: 4055643, 1473m a.s.l.), Material examined: (1♂), Zanjan Province, 11.VI.2018, 4♂♂, Leg.: A. Nadimi. Mahneshan County, Dandi, Anguran, Distribution in Iran: Golestan Province (UTM: x: 738703, y: 4055643, 1473m a.s.l.), (Khayrandish & Farahani, in press); Zanjan 11.VI.2018, 1♂; Leg.: A. Nadimi. Province (present study). Distribution in Iran: Alborz and General distribution: West Palaearctic Mazandaran Provinces (Khayrandish et al., (Taeger et al., 2010). 2017); Ardabil Province (Khayrandish & 256 Dolerus murcius as a new record for Iran Ebrahimi, 2018); Zanjan Province (present now raised to 6, 12 and 139 species in Iran, study). respectively (Khayrandish et al., 2017; General distribution: West Palaearctic Khayrandish & Ebrahimi, 2018; Khayrandish (Taeger et al., 2010). & Farahani, in press). Host plants: Unknown; but adult specimen Dolerus murcius is a rare species which collected from Rosa sp. (present study). has not been previously known from other countries except mainland of Spain (Haris, Dolerus murcius Konow, 1895 2000). Present work is first report of D. Material examined: (2♂♂), Zanjan Province, murcius from Asia. Mahneshan County, Dandi, Qaleh-Juq, (UTM: x: 719532, y: 4055258, 1130m a.s.l.), Acknowledgments 12.VI.2018, 2♂♂; Leg.: A. Nadimi. This research was supported by The Head Short description: Head entirely black, Office of Environmental Protection of Zanjan most part of head covered with blond hair, province and Shahid Beheshti University labrum and mandibles with denser hair (grant number 95/706, 2016/June/21), which cover, head punctate with almost shining are greatly appreciated. We are also grateful interspace; Antenna black, second and to Farshad Nejat for providing photography third flagellomeres subequal and first to the habitat. flagellomere a little longer; Thorax black, Mesonotum punctate but density of Conflict of Interests punctures less than head with almost The authors declare that there is no conflict shining interspace, mesopleuron extremely of interest regarding the publication of this punctate; Cenchri wide and dirty white; paper. Legs black, basitarsus long and a little shorter than to tarsomeres 2–4 combined; References Wings hyaline, tegula, veins and stigma Benson, R.B. (1952) Hymenoptera, Symphyta. black; Abdomen reddish yellow (Fig. 3, a-h) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, 6 (2b), 51–137. Distribution in Iran: Zanjan Province. Benson, R.B. (1968) Hymenoptera from Turkey, General distribution: Iran (New record), Symphyta. Bulletin of the British Museum Spain (Taeger & Blank, 2011). (Natural History). 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