New data on the distribution and hosts of Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Iran

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1 Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran & Zrebar Lake Environmental Research, Kurdistan Studies Institute, University of Kurdistan, Sanandaj, Iran

3 Insects Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), AREEO, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

5 Gorgan University of Agricultural science and natural resources , iran

6 Department of Plant Protection, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

7 The Agricultural Settlement Company, Lorestan province,Khoram Abad, Iran

8 Plant Protection Research Department, North Khorasan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Bojnourd, Iran

9 Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic & Biology Center, Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czech Republic

10 Institute of Biological Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Wóycickiego 1/3, 00-938, Warsaw, Poland

10.61186/jesi.43.4.9

Abstract

Three ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) species, Coccinella septempunctata L., C. undecimpunctata L. and Hippodamia variegata (Goeze), were recorded as hosts of Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank, 1802) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the Iranian provinces of Khuzestan and Kurdistan. Coccinella undecimpunctata is a new host of this parasitoid in the country and both provinces are its new distribution records. The rates of emergence of D. coccinellae from field-collected C. septempunctata and H. variegata were very low (below 1%), while C. undecimpunctata was parasitized to a much higher degree (26.7%).

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New data on the distribution and hosts of Dinocampus coccinellae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Iran

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Journal of Entomological Society of Iran
Volume 43, Issue 4
November 2023
Pages 411-415

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