First report of three wasp genera and species (Hym.: Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae) from Iran

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Three genera and species from the family Ichneumonidae, viz. Diadegma majale Gravenhorst, Campoletis thomsoni Roman and Hyposoter notatus Gravenhorst are newly recorded from Iran. These species were collected from Shiraz and vicinity and the identification confirmed by Jussila, Finland, University of Turku. The members of the subfamily Campopleginae to which these three species belong are known as parasitoids of lepidopteran and dipteran larvae.