Parasitic wasp, Pterandrophysalis levantina Nowicki (Hym.: Trichogrammatidae), new record of the genus and species from Iran

Document Type : Short communication, Persian

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Plant Protection Research Department, East Azarbaiijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran.

Abstract

During a parasitoids sampling in Arasbaran forest in East Azarbaijan province, a male specimen of an interesting Trichogrammatid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) was collected.  This specimen was collected on Matricaria camomilla L. (Asteraceae) in July 2020. It was identified as Pterandrophysalis levantina Nowicki, 1935. This is the first record of the genus and species from Iran.

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