New records of seed-feeding and parasitic chalcid wasps of the family Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) from Iran

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Authors

1 Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, College of Aboureihan, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

2 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands of Iran, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

3 Plant Protection Research Department, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center of East-Azerbaijan, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tabriz, Iran.

4 Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center of Qom, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Qom, Iran.

5 Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine (NAS), Kiev, Ukraine.

Abstract

Seventeen species of three genera, Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1888; Eurytoma Illiger, 1807 and Systole Walker, 1832 (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) were reared from 25 plant species collected in rangelands of Qom province in Iran during 2011–2017. Their host plants belong to 4 families: Asteracae, Apiaceae, Fabaceae and Lamiaceae. Six species, Bruchophagus desertus Zerova, 1994; B. hippocrepidis Zerova, 1969; B. parvulus Zerova, 1994; B. platypterus (Walker, 1834); Eurytoma dentate Mayr, 1878 and Systole prangicola Zerova, 1972 are first recorded from Iran. These species were obtained from 25 host plant species among which 6 (i.e. Bruchophagus desertus on Astragalus vanillae; B. parvulus on Trigonella monantha; Systole albipennis on Ferula gumosa, F. ovina and S. prangicola on Prangos acaulis, P. ferulacea seeds) are new host plants for these eurytomid species. Results of this study can be served for providing health seeds for plant regeneration in the rangelands of Iran.

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