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(Hymenoptera) from Iran -..::Egyptian Journal of Plant Protection Research Institute Egypt. J. Plant Prot. Res. Inst. (2020), 3 (1): 409 - 414 Egyptian Journal of Plant Protection Research Institute www.ejppri.eg.net A faunistic study on Chrysididae, Dryinidae, Ichneumonidae and Proctutropidae (Hymenoptera) from Iran Hamid, Sakenin 1; Najmeh, Samin2; Shaaban, Abd-Rabou3; Reijo, Jussila4; Giuseppe, Fabrizio Turrisi5; Majid, Navaeian 6 and Nil, Bagriacik7 1Department of Plant Protection, Qaemshahr Branch, Islamic Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran. 2Department of Entomology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 3Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Reseach Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. 4 University of Turku, Finland. 5 University of Catania, CUTGANA, Nature Reserves Management, c/o Laboratorio Naturalistico Ambientale “Natura & Scienza” via Terzora 8, I-95027, San Gregorio di Catania, Catania, Italy. 6 Faculty of Engineering, Yadegar- e- Imam Khomeini (RAH) Shahre Rey Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. 7 Nigde University, Faculty of Science and Art, Department of Biology, 51100 Nigde, Turkey. ARTICLE INFO Abstract: Article History In this faunistic paper, 7 species in 4 genera of Received: 12 / 2 / 2020 Chrysididae, 3 species in 2 genera of Dryinidae, 11 species Accepted: 20 / 3 /2020 in 9 genera of Ichneumonidae, and one species of Keywords Proctutropidae were collected and identified from different Hymenoptera, fauna, regions of Iran. Apltelopus melaleucus (Dalman, 1818) species diversity, (Dryinidae) and Nothoserphus mirabilis Brues, 1940 distribution, (Proctutropidae) are new records for the fauna of Iran. parasitoid, Iran and Palaearctic Introduction The family Chrysididae (Cuckoo- The family Dryinidae with more wasps) is distributed all over the world than 1600 species within 12 subfamilies and contains more than 3,000 species and 45 genera is a medium-sized (Tyrner, 2007). They are colourful cosmopolitan group of Aculeata (Olmi insects, which fall into categories of and Bechly, 2001 and Klejdysz et al., cleptoparasites and parasitoids. Larvae of 2018). More than 230 species are cuckoo-wasps develop in brood cells of represented in Palaearctic Region, mostly nesting Hymenoptera, cocoons of of them occurring also in Europe. These sawflies and Lepidoptera and eggs of wasps are parasitoids of Hemiptera Phasmatodea (O’Neill, 2001 and (including Cicadomorpha and Orlovskyte et al., 2011). Chrysidids are Fulgoromorpha) (Guglielmino and Olmi, distributed over all zoogeographical 2006 and 2007 and Turrisi and Olmi, regions but mainly in subtropical and 2009). The family Ichneumonidae is a tropical zones (Tyrner, 2007). large family of parasitic wasps comprises 409 Sakenin et al., 2020 more than 25,300 described species in Material examined: Golestan province, 1,601 genera worldwide (Yu et al., 2016) Golestan National Park, 2♀, August but the estimation is over 100,000 species 2010. (Gauld, 2000). These wasps are powerful General distribution: Kazakhstan, natural enemies of agricultural and forest Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkmenistan and pests and have efficient role in biological Uzbekistan (Rosa et al., 2017a). control of insect pests (Turnock et al., 2.Chrysis consanguinea Mocsáry, 1889 1976; Gupta, 1988 and Wahl, 1993). Material examined: Guilan province, The family Proctotrupidae is a Talesh, Gisum Park, 2♀, September relatively small taxon of parasitic wasps 2014. (Proctotrupoidea) with a worldwide General distribution: Southern Europe, distribution, especially in temperate and Caucasus, North Africa and Russia (Rosa humid climate regions. These wasps are et al., 2017a). most diverse in the Holarctic, where they Genus Chrysura Dahlbom, 1845 occur mainly in shadowed forests. 3. Chrysura radians (Harris, 1776) Proctotrupids are larval endoparasitoids Material exxamined: Qazvin province, of several Coleoptera families, as well as Taleghan, 2♀, 1♂, August 2012. the dipteran families Mycetophilidae and General distribution: Palaearctic, Turkey Sciaridae, the lepidopteran family (Yildirim and Strumia, 2000). Oecophoridae, and centipedes of the Genus Cleptes Latreille, 1802 family Lithobiidae. Proctotrupid fauna 4. Cleptes semiauratus (Linnaeus, 1761) consists of over than 320 species in 27 Material exxamined: Kordestan genera (Johnson, 1992; Kolyada and province, Kavaneh, 2♀, 2♂, September Mostovski, 2007 and Kolyada and 2013. Perkovsky, 2011). General distribution: Palaearctic, The aim of this paper is Turkey (Yildirim and Strumia, 2000). introducing of 22 species in 4 Genus Holopyga Dahlbom, 1845 hymenopteran families which were 5. Holopyga generosa asiatica collected under different faunistic Trautmann, 1926 investigations. The specimens of this Material examined: Semnan province, research were collected by sweeping net Shahrud (Jangal-e Abr), 1♀, June 2011. and malaise traps from different regions General distribution: Russia; Trans- of Iran. Palaearctic, from southern Europe and Results and discussion Caucasus to China (Rosa et al., 2017b). This paper comprises 22 species 6. Holopyga ignicollis Dahlbom, 1854 of 4 hymenopteran families, Chrysididae Material examined: Isfahan province, (7 species), Dryinidae (3 species), Chadegan, 2♀, April 2008. Ichneumonidae (11 species) and General distribution: Russia; West- Proctutropidae (single species). The list Palaearctic: from South Europe to Middle of species is given below alphabetically East, Caucasus, Kyrgyzstan and with distributional data. Kazakhstan (Rosa et al., 2017b). Family Chrysididae Latreille, 1802 7. Holopyga lucida (Lepeletier, 1806) Genus Chrysis Linnaeus, 1761 Material examined: Kermanshah 1. Chrysis castigata Linsenmaier, 1959 province, Sonqor, 3♀, April 2011. 410 Egypt. J. Plant Prot. Res. Inst. (2020), 3 (1): 409 - 414 General distribution: Russia, Central Material examined: Semnan province, and South Europe and Turkey (Rosa et Shahrud, 4♀, 1♂, August 2015. al., 2017b). General distribution: Albania, Austria, Family Dryinidae Haliday, 1833 Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Genus Anteon Jurine, 1807 Czech Republic, former Czechoslovakia, 8. Anteon arcuatum Kieffer, 1905 France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Material examined: Golestan province, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Golestan National Park, 1♀, 1♂, July Portugal, Romania, Russia, Spain, 2011. Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, General distribution: This species is United Kingdom and former Yugoslavia widely distributed almost throughout the (Yu et al., 2016). Palaearctic region, from Mongolia to Genus Achaius Cameron, 1903 Spain (Olmi and Xu, 2015). 13. Achaius oratorius (Fabricius, 1793) 9. Anteon brachycerum (Dalrnan, 1823) Material examined: Kurdistan province, Material examined: Guilan province, Bijar, 3♀, August 2015. Talesh, Gisum Park, 1♂, September General distribution: Austria, 2014. Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, General distribution: This species is former Czechoslovakia, Denmark, widely distributed almost throughout the Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Palaearctic region, from Japan to France, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Latvia, but it is rare in Western Europe (Olmi Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, and Xu, 2015). Poland, Romania, Russia, Spain, Genus Apltelopus Dumeril and Bibron Switzerland, Ukraine and United 1841 Kingdom (Yu et al., 2016). 10. Apltelopus melaleucus (Dalman, Genus Aclastus Förster, 1869 1818) 14. Aclastus gracilis (Thomson, 1884) Material examined: West Azarbaijan Material examined: Zanjan province, Province, Mahabad, 2♀, 1♂, 22-24 June Abhar, 3♀, 4♂, June 2014; Chaharmahal 2012. & Bakhtiary province, Borujen, 2♀, 1♂, General distribution: This species is the May 2015. most common European Aphelopus General distribution: Austria, species and is widely distributed Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary throughout the Palaearctic region, from Islands, former Czechoslovakia, Japan to Spain (Olmi and Xu, 2015). Denmark, Faeroe Islands, Finland, Family Ichneumonidae Latreille, 1802 France, Germany, Greenland, Hungary, Genus Absyrtus Holmgren, 1859 Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Madeira Islands, 11. Absyrtus vernalis Bauer, 1961 Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Material examined: Azarbaijan-e Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Sharghi province, Horand, 1♀, August United Kingdom (Yu et al., 2016). 2013. Genus Gnathochorisis Förster, 1869 General distribution: Bulgaria, France, 15. Gnathochorisis crassulus (Thomson, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, 1888) Ukraine and United Kingdom (Yu et al., Material examined: Golestan province, 2016). Kordkoy, 3♀, 28 August 2009. Genus Acaenitus Latreille, 1809 12. Acaenitus dubitator (Panzer, 1800) 411 Sakenin et al., 2020 General distribution: Eastern Palaearctic, Kazakhstan, Korea, Latvia, Moldova, Europe, Nearctic, Western Palaearctic Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, (Yu et al., 2016). Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Genus Medophron Förster, 1869 Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United 16. Medophron afflictor (Gravenhorst, Kingdom, Uzbekistan, and former 1829) Yugoslavia (Yu et al., 2016). Material examined: West Azarbaijan Genus Rhembobius Förster, 1869 Province, Miandoab, 2♀, 14-16 April 20. Rhembobius quadrispinus 2013. (Gravenhorst, 1829) General distribution: Austria, former Material examined: Semnan province, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Damghan, 2♀, May 2011. Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, General distribution: Austria, Belgium, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria, former Czechoslovakia, Sweden and United Kingdom (Yu et al., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, 2016). Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Genus Oxyrrhexis
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