Study of the subfamily Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in southern Iran

Authors

1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran.

2 Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.

3 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.

Abstract

A survey was conducted to study the fauna of the subfamily Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) in southern Iranian provinces of Fars and Hormozgan. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps, light traps and sweep nets from a variety different habitats between 2011 and 2013. A total of twelve species of three genera (Enicospilus Stephens; Ophion Fabricius and Eremotylus Forster) were identified, of which the five species Enicospilus flavocephalus (Kirby), E. merdarius (Holmgren), E. monostigmata (Vollenhoven), E. ramidulus (L.) and Eremotylus sibiricus Szépligeti are newly recorded from Iran. This work raise the number of ophionines of Iran to 26 species and four genera. A key to the Iranian genera and species of Ophioninae is provided.

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Journal of Entomological Society of Iran
Volume 35, Issue 4
March 2016
Pages 53-67

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