First report of Baryscapus bruchophagi from Iran

Document Type : Short communication, Persian

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1 Department of Plant Protection, Zanjan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, Iran

2 Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

A larval parasitoid of alfalfa seed chalcid, Bruchophagus roddi (Gussakovskii) was collected during a survey on alfalfa seed chalcid from an alfalfa field in Zanjan, Iran in July 2017. This parasitoid is first recorded from Iran. It was identified as Baryscapus bruchophagi (Gahan) (Hym.: Eulophidae).

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