J. Crop Prot. 2016, 5 (2): 307-311______________________________________________________ doi: 10.18869/modares.jcp.5.2.307 Short Paper First record of Hemiptarsenus autonomus (Mercet, 1924) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in the Middle East Amir-Reza Piruznia1, Hossein Lotfalizadeh2* and Mohammad-Reza Zargaran3 1. Department of Plant Protection, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran. 2. Department of Plant Protection, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran. 3. Department of Forestry, Natural Resource Faculty, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran. Abstract: Hemiptarsenus autonomus (Mercet, 1924) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae, Eulophinae) was found for the first time outside of Europe. Studied specimen was collected by a Malaise trap in the north west of Iran, East-Azarbaijan province, Khajeh (46°38'E & 38°09'N). Current record of Hemiptarsenus species of Iran adds up to seven species. These species and their geographical distribution in Iran are listed. Keywords: Chalcidoidea, new distribution, record, Iran, fauna Introduction12 Materials and Methods Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Iran Samplings were made in using the Malaise trap has been listed by Hesami et al. (2010) and Talebi in East-Azarbaijan province, Khajeh, Iran during et al. (2011). They listed 122 eulophid species summer of 2015. All the materials were from different parts of Iran including three species subsequently transferred to the laboratory at of the genus Hemiptarsenus Westwood, 1833 Department of Plant Protection, East-Azarbaijan (Hesami et al., 2010; Talebi et al., 2011). Research Center for Agriculture and Natural Recently Lotfalizadeh et al. (2015) reported Resources, Tabriz. External morphology was Hemiptarsenus waterhousii Westwood, 1833 as a illustrated using an Olympus™ SZH, equipped parasitoid of alfalfa leaf miners in the northwest with a Canon™ A720 digital camera. The Downloaded from jcp.modares.ac.ir at 18:11 IRST on Wednesday September 29th 2021 of Iran and Shafiee et al. (2015) reported specimens were identified according to reliable Hemiptarsenus nuperus Narendran, 2011. keys and descriptions (Peck et al., 1964; Zhu and Zhu and Huang (2003) during cladistics study Huang, 2003). and review of the genus Hemiptarsenus in General data regarding geographical Hungary, mentioned the following combination of distribution, biology as well as brief taxonomic characters for the genus: toruli located well above comments are given for each species. lower margin of eyes; scape reaching well beyond The specimens are deposited in the insect vertex; forewing costal cell narrow, at least 10 collection of the Department of Plant times as long as wide (Zhu and Huang, 2003). Protection, Agriculture and Natural Resources This report includes new record of one of East-Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran. species of the genus Hemiptarsenus from Iran. Results Handling Editor: Ali Asghar Talebi ________________________________ Our studied specimen was identified as * Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] Hemiptarsenus autonomus (Mercet). This Received: 1 March 2016, Accepted: 6 May 2016 species was considered as an independent Published online: 24 May 2016 307 First record of Hemiptarsenus autonomus ____________________________________________ J. Crop Prot. genus, Cleolophus Mercet, 1924 having long microlepidopters, Gracillariidae and Nepticulidae pronotum (Fig. 1A) but Bouček (1959) studying on Poaceae (Noyes, 2015). Collection area is a Eulophinae of the central Europe synonymized mountainous region in the northwest of Iran this genus under the genus Hemiptarsenus. mainly with halophytic plants. Hemiptarsenus autonomus (Mercet, 1924) (Fig. 1) Geographical distribution. This species is Material examined: Iran, East-Azarbaijan, new record for Iran and the Middle East Khajeh (46°38'E & 38°09'N, 1550m), countries. It has hitherto been known from 01.July.2015, Malaise trap, Piruznia, A. leg., 1♀. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Moldova, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia Diagnosis: Body mainly yellow-brown with and Spain (Noyes, 2015). violaceous reflections (Fig. 1A); wing narrow, with two fuscous cross bands (Fig. 1B), costal Discussion cell extremely narrow; antennae inserted near middle of face, scape well exceeding front Six species of the genus Hemiptarsenus have ocellus and vertex, funicule 4-segmented in previously been reported from Iran (see Table female, 2-4 funicular segments subquadrate, 1) and H. autonomus was added to this list apex of clava whitish (Fig. 1B). (Table 1), extending its geographical distribution to the Middle East. Of the genus Biological association: The studied specimen Hemiptarsenus, 4, 0 and 1 species have been was collected via a Malaise trap, although it has reported from Turkey, Iraq and Azerbaijan, previously been reported in association with respectively (Noyes, 2015). Downloaded from jcp.modares.ac.ir at 18:11 IRST on Wednesday September 29th 2021 Figure 1. Hemiptarsenus autonomus: A- Female in dorsal view, B- Female in lateral view. 308 Piruznia et al. _____________________________________________________ J. Crop Prot. (2016) Vol. 5 (2) Table 1. List of Hemiptarsenus species known from Iran and their distribution in Iran. Species Distribution in provinces (City) References Hemiptarsenus autonomus (Mercet, 1924) East-Azarbaijan (Khajeh) New record Hemiptarsenus nuperus Narendran, 2011 Kerman (Kouhpayeh, Darbasiyab) Shafiee et al. (2015) Hemiptarsenus zilahisebessi Erdös, 1951 Fars (Maharloo, Shiraz and Hesami et al. (2010) and Dousti Kaftarak) et al. (2008) Zahiri et al. (2003), Asadi et al. (2006) and Tehran Haghani et al. (2009) Hemiptarsenus wailesellae Nowicki, 1929 Tehran Zahiri et al. (2003) Hemiptarsenus waterhousii Westwood, 1833 Fars (Ghalat) Hesami et al. (2010) East-Azarbaijan (Ajabshir, Lotfalizadeh et al. (2015) Shabestar and Khosro-Shahr,) Hemiptarsenus varicornis (Girault, 1913) Hormozgan Yefremova et al. (2007) Hemiptarsenus unguicellus (Zetterstedt, 1838) Fars (Shiraz, Kaftarak) Hesami et al. (2010) References Hesami, S., Ebrahimi, E., Ostovan, H. and Yefremova, Z. 2010. Contribution to the Asadi R., Talebi, A. A., Fathipour, Y., study of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Moharramipour, S. and Rakhshani, E. 2006. Chalcidoidea) of Fars province of Iran: II- Identification of parasitoids and seasonal Subfamilies Entiinae and Eulophinae, with a parasitism of the agromyzid leafminers checklist of Eulophidae of Iran. Plant genus Liriomyza (Dip.: Agromyzidae) in Protection Journal, 2 (3): 239-253. Varamin, Iran. 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(2016) Vol. 5 (2) ﮔﺰارش ﺟﺪﯾﺪ زﻧﺒﻮر (Hemiptarsenus autonomus (Mercet, 1924) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae از ﺧﺎورﻣﯿﺎﻧﻪ اﻣﯿﺮرﺿﺎ ﭘﯿﺮوزﻧﯿﺎ1، ﺣﺴﯿﻦ ﻟﻄﻔﻌﻠﯽزاده2، * و ﻣﺤﻤﺪرﺿﺎ زرﮔﺮان3 1- ﮔﺮوه ﮔﯿﺎهﭘﺰﺷﮑﯽ، داﻧﺸﮕﺎه آزاد اﺳﻼﻣﯽ، واﺣﺪ ﺗﺒﺮﯾﺰ، ﺗﺒﺮﯾﺰ، اﯾﺮان. 2- ﺑﺨﺶ ﺗﺤﻘﯿﻘﺎت ﮔﯿﺎهﭘﺰﺷﮑﯽ، ﻣﺮﮐﺰ ﺗﺤﻘﯿﻘﺎت ﮐﺸﺎورزي و ﻣﻨﺎﺑﻊ ﻃﺒﯿﻌﯽ