J Insect Biodivers Syst 03(2): 141–151 ISSN: 2423-8112 JOURNAL OF INSECT BIODIVERSITY AND SYSTEMATICS Research Article http://jibs.modares.ac.ir http://zoobank.org/References/BBE7834C-796A-4DAB-B57A-0BFDB2C45963 Review of the superfamily Evanioidea (Hymenoptera) in Iran with four new records Hossein Lotfalizadeh1*, Soheila Masudi-Rad2 and Ali Mehrvar2 1 Department of Plant Protection, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tabriz, Iran. 2 Department of Plant Protection, Azarbaijan Shahid Madani University, Tabriz, Iran. ABSTRACT. The Evanioidea wasp fauna of Iran is reviewed. The study is based on literature as well as collecting research carried out during 2007-2015 Received: in the East and West-Azarbaijan provinces. The total number of species 12 March, 2017 recorded from Iran is 34 including: Aulacidae (Pristaulacus, 4 species), Accepted: Evaniidae (Evania, 2 species and Brachygaster, one species) and Gasteruptiidae 10 June, 2017 (Gasteruption, 27 species). Four new records from Iran are added: Brachygaster Published: minutus (Olivier) (Evaniidae); Gasteruption goberti (Tournier), G. henseni van 10 June, 2017 Achterberg and G. undulatum (Abeille de Perrin) (Gasteruptiidae). Subject Editor: Key words: Fauna, Evanioidea, Aulacidae, Evaniidae, Gasteruptiidae, new Giuseppe Fabrizio Turrisi record, Iran Citation: Lotfalizadeh, H., Masudi-Rad, S. & Mehrvar, A. (2017) Review of the superfamily Evanioidea (Hymenoptera) in Iran with four new records. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 3(2), 141–151. Introduction Evanioidea are represented by three segment (Dowton et al., 1997; Gauld & families Aulacidae, Evaniidae and Bolton 1996; Sharkey, 2007; Turrisi, Jenning Gasteruptiidae. These are parasitoids of & Vilhelmsen, 2009; Sharkey et al., 2012; larvae of wood-boring wasps and beetles, Deans, Yoder & Dole, 2017). cockroach oothecae and predator- Iran is located between three zoo- inquilines of various solitary bees and geographical regions, Palaearctic, Oriental wasps, respectively (Jennings & Austin, and Afrotropical and thus includes mixed 2000; 2004). These wasps is easily faunistic characters of these regions. recognized by sharing the metasoma However, Iranian Evanioidea are currently inserted high on the propodeum (Jennings poorly known and there have been no com- & Austin, 2000, 2004; Turrisi, Jenning & prehensive recent revisionary attempts, Vilhelmsen, 2009). This superfamily is and there are only a few scattered accepted as monophyletic based on two taxonomic papers, in historical order: putative synapomorphies of adults: the Semenov (1892) reported G. caucasicum dorsal articulation of the metasoma to the (under G. pedemontanum) and Hedwig mesosoma and the loss of all functional (1957) reported G. hastator (under G. metasomal spiracles except on the seventh rubricans). The first study of Evanioidea in Corresponding author: Hossein Lotfalizadeh, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2017, Lotfalizadeh and Masudi-Rad 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. 142 Evanioidae of Iran Iran was made by Tirgari (1975) that Results reported three species of Gasteruptiidae, In total 64 Evanioidea specimens were two species of Evaniidae and one species of examined including one species of Aulacidae, Aulacidae. Madl (1990) studied Aulacidae two species of Evaniidae and 10 species of of Iran; Ghahari (2012) updated the Gasteruptiidae. Taking into account the knowledge of Aulacidae with a new addition; finally, Samin and Bagriacik previous records, the Iranian Evanioidea (2012) reported three Gasteruptiidae includes a total of 34 species: four Aulacidae, species from Iran. Recently, van Achterberg three Evaniidae and 27 Gasteruptiidae; and Talebi (2014) described 15 new species four species are newly recorded from Iran. of Gasteruption from Iran and Turkey, and Aulacidae also reported 16 new records from Iran. Faunaistic study of the families Aulacidae, We found only one species of Aulacidae. It Evaniidae and Gasteruptiidae in the is a small group of evanoid parasitic wasps adjacent countries were infrequently done which includes 182 species in three genera such as Yildirim (2008) on Evaniidae and Aulacus Jurine (65 species), Pristaulacus Yildirim et al. (2004) on Gasteruption of Kieffer (115 species), and Panaulix Benoit (2 Turkey; and Jennings and Krogmann species) (Smith, 2001; Turrisi, 2007; Turrisi, (2009) Gasteruptiidae of UAE. Jenning & Vilhelmsen, 2009). Only four species of the genus Pristaulacus have been This number is believed to be under- recorded from Iran. estimated, suggesting the need for an extensive investigation and more research Pristaulacus barbeyi (Ferrière, 1933) for a better knowledge of the Iranian Note. This species has already been Evanioidea. reported from West-Azarbaijan province in Iran (Ghahari, 2012). It is distributed in Material and methods north Africa, south Europe and Turkey (Turrisi, 2007, 2013a, 2013b). Collection of Evanioidea was done during 2007–2015, starting from mid-May to Pristaulacus compressus (Spinola, 1808) October. Investigated areas were East and Material examined: Iran, East-Azarbaijan, West-Azarbaijan provinces (northwest of Khosroshah, 37º58'28"N, 46º02'55"E, 1346m, Iran) with a total of 10 localities: Urmia, 14 June 2014, H. Lotfalizadeh leg., 1♀. Tabriz, Jolfa, Ahar, Azarshahr, Khosroshar, Note. Recorded from Iran (Fars) by Madl Arasbaran, Khodafarin, Marand and (1990). Turrisi (2007, 2011) reviewed the Mamaghan. taxonomy and the distribution of the P. compressus species group and listed some Specimens were collected mostly by European and Middle East countries as Malaise traps. The specimens were distribution areas of this species. extracted from the Malaise traps and sorted weekly and then stored in 70% ethanol Pristaulacus galitae (Gribodo, 1879) solution. All the collected specimens were Note. It was reported from East-Azarbaijan identified using available identification province (Ghahari, 2012) and distributed in keys (Tirgari, 1975; Deans & Huben, 2003; Europe, north Africa and Turkey (Turrisi, Turrisi, 2007; van Achterberg & Talebi, 2007, 2013b). 2014; Deans, Yoder & Dole, 2017). Reported Pristaulacus gloriator (Fabricius, 1804) species from Iran were included from the Note. A male of this species has been literature records to provide a first list of all described from Iran as Pristaulacus species of the superfamily Evanioidea. holzschuhi by Madl (1990) and later Lotfalizadeh et al. 143 synonymized under P. gloriator by Turrisi 400m, 17 May 2015, Malaise trap, H. (2007). It is collected from Gilan province in Lotfalizadeh leg., 1♂. Iran (Madl, 1990; Turrisi, 2007) and also Note. It occurs in Europe as a common recorded from Europe and Turkey (Turrisi, species (Crosskey, 1951; Deans & Huben, 2007, 2013b). 2003; Deans, 2005, Žikić, Petrović & Ćetković, 2016) but it was found for first Evaniidae time in Iran (East-Azarbaijan province). In the studied collection we found three Diagnostic features of this species are species of two genera from the family briefly reported below: body densely Evaniidae. The specimens from the genus foveolate; notauli often absent; fore wing Brachygaster is collected for the first time with 3 closed cells, without 1st marginal cell from Iranian fauna. and with 3 closed cells (costal, basal and sub Brachygaster minuta (Olivier, 1791) (Fig. 1) basal), 4RS absent and r-m present as Material examined: Iran, East-Azarbaijan, spectral veins in fore wing (Fig. 1C); apical Khodafarin, Tatar, 39°8'17.29ʺN, 46°57'39.90ʺE, tooth of tarsal claw prominent (Fig. 1D). Fig. 1. Brachygaster minutus: A. Male in lateral view, B. Head and antenna in lateral view, C. Fore wing, D. Claws with subapical tooth. 144 Evanioidae of Iran Evania cribrata Semenow, 1892 2005). This species was the most abundant Material examined: Iran, East-Azarbaijan, evaniid in the studied area and is widely Ahar, 38°38ʹ39.00ʺN, 47°04ʹ12.00ʺE, 1360m, distributed in the northern and central 24 June 2014, S. Masudi-Rad leg., 1♀. East- provinces of Iran including East- Azarbaijan, Arasbaran, 38°46'44.88ʺN, Azarbaijan, Golestan, Guilan, Isfahan, 46°58'52.25ʺE, 1556m, 17 May 2015, H. Markazi, Mazandaran, Semnan and Tehran Lotfalizadeh leg., 1♂. East-Azarbaijan, (Ghahari & Deans, 2010). It was recorded Tabriz, Azarshahr, 37°27'36.00"N, from Africa, Middle East and Central Asia 45°51'00.00"E, 1348m, 19 August 2015, S. (Deans, 2005). Masudi-Rad leg., 1♂. East-Azarbaijan, Family Gasteruptiidae Mamaghan, 37°49'49.59ʺN, 45°59'20.95ʺE, 1330m, 2 July 2015, S. Masudi-Rad leg., 1♂. Only one genus of this family, Gasteruption Note. Evania cribrata was reported as Evania Latreille, 1796, is recorded from Iran. In total schlettereri Kohl, 1892 by Tirgari (1975) 10 valid species of the genus Gasteruption are from Iran. It is reported from several recognized and three species are new reports provinces of Iran including East-Azarbaijan, for Iran. This family with about 500 nominal Isfahan, Khuzestan, Mazandaran, West- species is a distinctive family of wasps easily Azarbaijan and Yazd (Tirgari, 1975). This recognized by a slender, subclavate species is generally not very common, but metasoma, elongate, neck-like propleura, it was previously recorded from Caucasus and clavate