Additions to the subfamily Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran: first detection of the genus Grammospila Foerster, 1863 and new records of four species

Document Type : Paper, English

Authors

1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

2 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands

10.61186/jesi.44.3.5

Abstract

The subfamily Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is one of the most peculiar and diverse groups of endoparasitoids of Diptera. The present paper provides additional information on the subfamily Alysiinae in Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during May - September 2010. The genus Grammospila Foerster, 1863, and four species of Alysiini were discovered for the first time from Iran: Grammospila fuscula Griffiths, 1968, G. rufiventris Nees, 1812, Dacnusa maculipes Thomson, 1895 and D. plantaginis Griffiths, 1966. Including our findings, the number of species of the genera Dacnusa and Grammospila are raised to 22 and 2 species in Iran, respectively. Diagnostic characters and distribution of the newly recorded species and an updated list of Dacnusa and Grammospila are provided. 

Graphical Abstract

Additions to the subfamily Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran: first detection of the genus Grammospila Foerster, 1863 and new records of four species

Keywords

Main Subjects

© 2024 by Author(s), Published by the Entomological Society of Iran

This Work is Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International Public License

References

Abdoli, P., Talebi, A. A. & Farahani, S. (2019a) Dolichogenidea fernandeztrianai sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology 21(3), 647–658.
Abdoli, P., Talebi, A. A., Farahani, S. & Fernandez-Triana, J. (2019b) Three new species of the genus Choeras Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4545 (1), 77–92. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.4
Abdoli, P., Talebi, A. A., Fernandez-Triana, J. & Farahani, S. (2021a) Taxonomic study of the genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 744 (1), 83–118. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.744.1305
Abdoli, P., Talebi, A. A., Fernandez-Triana, J. & Farahani, S. (2021b) Description of a new species of the genus Protapanteles Ashmead, 1898 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Iran. Annales Zoologici 71 (2), 289–295. https://doi.org/10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.2.007
Ameri, A., Ebrahimi, E. & Talebi, A. A. (2020) Additions to the fauna of Braconidae (Hym., Ichneumonoidea) of Iran based on the specimens housed in Hayk Mirzayans Insect Museum with six new records for Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 6(4), 353–364. https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.6.4.353  
Ashmead, W. H. (1900) Classification of the Ichneumon Flies or, the Superfamily Ichneumonoidea. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23 (1206), 1–220. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.23-1206.1
Belokobylskij, S. A. & Kostromina, T. S. (2011) Two braconid alysiine genera new for Russia. Zoosystematica Rossica 20 (1), 85-95. https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2011.20.1.85
Belokobylskij, S. A., Taeger, A., van Achterberg, C., Haeselbarth, E. & Riedel, M. (2003) Checklist of the Braconidae of Germany (Hymenoptera). Contributions to Entomology 53(2), 341–435.
Beyarslan, A. & İnanç, F. (2001) Ein neuer beitrag zur kenntnis der türkischen Dacnusini Foerster 1862 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). Linzer biologische Beitraege 33(1), 263–268.
Chen, J. H. & Wu, Z. S. (1994) The Alysiini of China: (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). China Agricultural Press, Fuzhou, 1–218. https://doi.org/full/10.5555/19980501352
Cortés, E., Ameri, A., Talebi, A. A., Rakhshani, E. & Peris-Felipo, F. J. (2016) Subfamily Alysiinae Leach, 1815 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran: new records and updated list. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2 (4), 411–418. http://dorl.net/dor/20.1001.1.24238112.2016.2.4.6.7 
Dolati, S., Talebi, A. A., Farahani, S. & Khayrandish, M. (2018) New finding in Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from north of Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 4(3), 163–182. http://dx.doi.org/10.52547/jibs.4.3.163  
Drea, J. J. & Hendrickson, R. M. (1986) Analysis of a successful classical biological control project: the alfalfa blotch leaf miner (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in the northeastern United States. Environmental Entomology 15 (3): 448–455. https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/15.3.448  
Farahani, S., Talebi, A. A., Achterberg, C. V. & Rakhshani, E. (2016) A review of the subfamily Rogadinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 3973(2), 227–250. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3973.2.2
Fathi, S. A. A. (2011) Tritrophic interactions of nineteen canola cultivars - Chromatomyia horticola - parasitoids in Ardabil region. Munis Entomology and Zoology 6(1), 449–454.
Fischer, M. & Beyarslan, A. (2012) New species of Synaldis Foerster and Idiasta Foerster, and further records of Turkish Alysiini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). Zoology in the Middle East 55, 55–64. https://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2012.10648918
Fischer, M., Lashkari-Bod, A., Rakhshani, E. & Talebi, A. A. (2011) Alysiinae from Iran (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie B 112, 115–132.
Gadallah, N. S., Ghahari, H., Peris-Felipo, F. J. & Fischer, M. (2015) An annotated catalog of the Iranian Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zootaxa 3974(1), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.1  
Gadallah, N. S., Peris-Felipo, F. J., Ghahari, H. & Shaw, S. R. (2022) Subfamily Alysiinae Leach, 1815. In Gadallah, N. S., Ghahari, H. &  Shaw, S. R. (eds) Braconidae of the Middle East (Hymenoptera), Taxonomy, Distribution, Biology, and Biocontrol Benefits of Parasitoid Wasps. (pp. 54-89). Academic Press. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-96099-1.00031-5
Ghahari, H. & Fischer, M. (2011a) A contribution to the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from north-western Iran. Calodema 134, 1–6.
Ghahari, H. & Gadallah, N. S. (2021) Additional records to the braconid fauna (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of Iran, with new host reports. Entomological News 130 (2), 168-181. https://doi.org/10.3157/021.130.0205
Ghahari, H., Beyarslan, A. & Kavallieratos, N. G. (2020) New records of Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from Iran, and in Memoriam Dr. Maximilian Fischer (7 June 1929 e 15 June 2019). Scientific Bulletin of Uzhhorod National University (Series: Biology) 48, 48–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.24144/1998-6475.2020.48.48-55
Ghahari, H., Fischer, M. & Papp, J. (2011b) A study on the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Isfahan province, Iran. Entomofauna 32(16), 261-272. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4043.1.1
Ghahari, H., Fischer, M. & Papp, J. (2011c) A study on the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from Ilam province, Iran Calodema, 160, 1–5.
Ghotbi Ravandi, Sh., Madjdzadeh, S. M., Peris-Felipo, F. J., Askari Hesni, M. & Rakhshani, E. (2015) A contribution to the Alysiinae of southeastern Iran, with a description of the male of Chorebus longiarticulis. Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (5), 836–841. http://dx.doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1408-9
Godfray, H. C. J. & Day, J. J. (2022) Opius pulicariae Fischer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) Added To The British checklist. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 158(2), 128–130.  http://dx.doi.org/10.31184/M00138908.1582.4134
Godfray, H. C. J. (2023) Laotris luzulae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae, Dacnusini), a new species from the southwest of England. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 95, 73–83. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.95.97490
Goulet, H. & Huber, J. (1993) Hymenoptera of the world: an Identification guide to families (Vol. vii). Ottawa, Canada: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, 668 pp.
Griffiths, G. C. (1967) The Alysiinae (Hym., Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera). IV. The parasites of Hexomyza Enderlein, Melanagromyza Hendel, Ophiomyia Braschnikov and Napomyza Westwood. Beiträge zur Entomologie= Contributions to Entomology 17(5-8), 653-696. https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.17.5-8.653-696
Griffiths, G. C. D. (1968) The Alysiinae (Hym., Braconidae) parasites of the Agromyzidae (Diptera). Beitraege zur Entomologie 18:5-62. https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.18.1-2.5–62
Griffiths, G. C. D. (1984) The Alysiinae parasites (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Agromyzidae (Diptera). VIIth supplement. Beitraege zur Entomologie (German DR), 34(2).
Hazini, F., Zamani, A. A., Peris-Felipo, F. J., Yari, Z. & Rakhshani, E. (2015) Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitoids of the pea leaf miner, Chromatomyia horticola (Goureau, 1851) (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Kermanshah, Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 4(1), 97–108.
Iranmanesh, M., Madjdzadeh, M. & Askari-Hesni, M. (2017) Biodiversity of braconid fauna (Hym.: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) in Sirch region, Kerman province, Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran 37 (1), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.22117/jesi.2018.123494.1264
Khajeh, N., Yari, Z., Rakhshani, E. & Peris-Felipo, F. J. (2014) A regional checklist of Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran. Journal of Crop Protection 3(3), 413–423.
Kiani, M., Mohammadi, S., Babaei, A., Sefidkon, F., Naghavi, M. R., Ranjbar, M., Razavi, S. A., Saeidi, K., Jafari, H., Asgari, D. & Potter, D. (2017) Iran supports a great share of biodiversity and floristic endemism for Fritillaria spp. (Liliaceae): A review. Plant Diversity 39, 245–262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2017.09.002
LaSalle, J. & Gauld, I.D. (1993) Hymenoptera: their biodiversity, and their impact on the diversity of other organisms. In: La Salle, J. and Gauld I. (eds.), Hymenoptera and Biodiversity. CAB International. Wallingfod UK. pp. 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781444308211.ch12
Lashkari Bod, A., Rakhshani, E., Talebi, A. A. & Fischer, M. (2010) Identification and introduction of ten new records of Alysiinae (Hym.: Braconidae) from Iran. Proceedings of the 19th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, p. 160.
Lashkari Bod, A., Rakhshani, E., Talebi, A. A., Lozan, A. & Žikić, V. (2011) A contribution to the knowledge of the Braconidae (Hym., Ichneumonoidea) of Iran. Biharean Biologist 5 (2), 147–150.
Lotfalizadeh, H., Pourhaji, A. & Zargaran, M. R. (2015) Hymenopterous parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Eulophidae, Pteromalidae) of the alfalfa leafminers in Iran and their diversity. Far Eastern Entomologist 288, 1–24.
Papp, J. (2005) A checklist of the Braconidae of Hungary (Hymenoptera). Folia Entomologia Hungarica 66, 137- 194.
Peris- Felipo, F. J., Belokobylskij S. A. & Jiménez-Peydró R. (2012) Genus Adelphenaldis Fischer, 2003 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) in Spain, with a key to the World species Annales Zoologici 62 (2): 287–296. https://doi.org/10.3161/000345412X652828
Peris-Felipo F. J., Ameri, A., Talebi, A. A. & Belokobylskij, S. A. (2015) Review of the genus Aristelix Nixon, 1943 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with description of a new species from Iran and clarification of the status of Antrusa chrysogastra (Tobias, 1986). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 45, 97–111. http://dx.doi.org/103897/JHR.45.5313
Peris-Felipo, F. J., Ameri, A., Rakhshani, E. & Belokobylskij, S. A. (2016a) The genus Aspilota Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) in western Asia. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2 (2), 259–283. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/jhr.52.10067
Peris-Felipo, F. J., Belokobylskij, S. A., Vilhelmsen, L. & Munk, T. (2016c) Catalogue of Danish Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with the description of two new species of Aspilota Foerster, 1863. European Journal of Taxonomy 250: 1–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2016.250
Peris-Felipo, F. J., Yari, Z., Rakhshani, E. & Belokobylskij, S. A. (2016d) Aspilota isfahanensis, a new species of the genus Aspilota Foerster, 1863 from Iran (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). ZooKeys 582, 121–127. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.582.7426
Peris-Felipo, F. J., Yari, Z., van Achterberg, C., Rakhshani, E. & Belokobylskij, S. A. (2016b) Review of spe­cies of the genus Adelurola Strand, 1928, with a key to species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). ZooKeys 566: 13–30. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.566.6684
Rahmani, Z., Rakhshani, E., Konstantin G. Samartsev, K. S. & Mokhtari, A. (2017) A survey of the genera Bracon Fabricius, 1804 and Habrobracon Ashmead, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) in Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoolgy 41, 821–840. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1611-68
Rakhshani, E., Talebi, A. A., Kavallieratos, N. G., Rezwani, A., Manzari, S. & Tomanović, Ž. (2005) Parasitoid complex (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) of Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphidoidea) in Iran. Journal of Pest Science 78, 193–198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-004-0080-3
Safahani, S., Iranmanesh, M., Madjdzadeh, S. M. & Peris Felipo, F. J. (2017) Contribution to the knowledge of Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Kerman province, with three new records for Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 3(3), 265–271. http://dx.doi.org/10.52547/jibs.3.3.265
Samin, N., Beyarslan, A., Coronado-Blanco, J. M. & Navaeian, M. (2020) A contribution to the braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran. Natura Somogyiensis 35, 25–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.24394/NatSom.2020.35.25
Samin, N., Ghahari, H., Gadallah, N. S. & Davidian, E. (2014) A study on the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from West Azarbaijan province, Northern Iran. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 46(2), 1447-1478.
Sedighi, S., Madjdzadeh, S. M. & Rakhshani, E. (2014) A survey on Alysiinae (Hym.: Braconidae) associated with Alfalfa in the central part of Sistan Baluchistan Province. Third Integrated Pest Management Conference (IPMC), 21–22 January 2014, Kerman, Iran.
Shaw, M. R. & Huddleston, T. (1991) Classification and biology of braconid wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Handbooks of the Identification of British Insects. Royal Entomological Society of London, 126 pp.
Shenefelt, R. D. (1974). Braconidae 7. Alysiinae. In: Van der Vecht, J. and Shenefelt, R. D. (Eds.), Hymenopterorum Catalogus, Part II. Dr. W. Junk: The Hague. pp: 937–1113.
Shojai, M., Ostovan, H., Darvish, F., Tirgari, S., Labbafyi, Y. & Rajabi, M. Z. (2005) Technology of biological control and pollination of Iranian cucumber cultivar in protected cultivation and organic production crop. Journal of the Agricultural Sciences 11(1), 69–104.
Shojai, M., Ostovan, H., Zamanizadeh, H., Labbafi, Y., Nasrollahi, A., Ghasemzadeh, M. & Rajabi, M. Z. (2003) The management on the intercropping of cucumber and tomato, with the implementation of non-chemical and reasonably control of pests and diseases for organic crop production in greenhouse. Journal of the Agricultural Sciences 9(2), 1–39.
Shorthouse, D. P. (2010) SimpleMappr, an online tool to produce publication-quality point maps. Available from: http://www.simplemappr.net.
Stigenberg, J. & Peris-Felipo, F. J. (2019) Contribution to the knowledge of Swedish Dacnusini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae: Alysiinae): checklist and seven new species records. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 5 (3), 221–230. https://doi.org/10.52547/jibs.5.3.221
Takada, H. & Imura, T. (1994) Three Dapsilarthra species (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from Japan. Japanese Journal of Entomology 62(2), 333–340.
Tobias, V. I. (1986) Subfamily Alysiinae. Keys to the Insects of the European Part of the USSR, III. Part V. Nauka Publisher, Leningrad. (in Russian, English translation in 1995). pp, 156–386.
Tormos, J., Pardo, X., Asís, J. D. & Gayubo, S. F. (2008) Dacnusa cicerina (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae), a new species of endoparasitoid of Liriomyza cicerina (Diptera: Agromyzidae). Florida  Entomologist 91(2), 170–178.  https://doi.org/10.1653/0015-4040(2008)91[170:DCHBAA]2.0.CO;2
van Achterberg, C. (1983). Revisionary notes on the genera Dapsilarthra auct. and Mesocrina Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 126: 1–24.
van Achterberg, C. (1990) Revision of the western Palaearctic Phanerotomini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 255(1), 1–106.
van Achterberg, C. (1998) Bobekoides gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) from South Africa. Zoologische Mededelingen 72, 105-111.
van Achterberg, C. (2018) Notes on Grammospila Foerster (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with a description of a new species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 65, 131–140. https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.65.27626
van Achterberg, C., Teixeira, T. & Oliveira, L. (2012) Aphaereta ceratitivora sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), a new parasitoid of Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Tephritidae) from the Azores. Zookeys 222, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.222.3618
Wharton, R. A., Marsh, P. M. & Sharkey, M. J. (1997) Manual of the New World Genera of the Family Braconidae (Hymenoptera). The International Society of Hymenopterists, Washington, DC, 440 pp. https://doi.org/10.4236/ajps.2021.1210109
Yari, Z., Cortés, E., Peris-Felipo, F. J. & Rakhshani, E. (2016) A faunistic survey on the genus Chorebus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Alysiinae, Dacnusini) in Eastern Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 2 (3): 355–366. https://doi.org/1052547//jibs.5.3.221    
Yari, Z., Khajeh, N., Rahmani, Z., Rakhshani, E. & Peris-Felipo, F. J. (2014) A faunistic study on Alysiinae (Hym.: Braconidae) in Eastern part of Iran. In Proceedings of the 21st Iranian plant protection Congress, 23-26 August 2014 (p. 749). Urmia University. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3784.2.3
Yu, D. S., van Achterberg, C. & Horstmann, K. (2016) Taxapad 2016, Ichneumonoidea 2015. Database on flash-drive. http://www.taxapad.com, Nepean, Ontario, Canada.
Zargar, M., Talebi, A. A., Hajiqanbar, H. & Papp, J. (2015) A study on the genus Bracon Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in north central Iran with four new records for Iranian fauna. Entomofauna 36 (32), 425–440. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4758.2.1
Zheng, M. l. & Chen, J. H. (2017) A new species and three newly recorded species of the dacnusine genus Dacnusa Haliday (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae) from China. Zootaxa 4232 (4), 511–522. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4232.4.3  
Zhu, J. C., van Achterberg, C. & Chen, X. X. (2017) An illustrated key to the genera and subgenera of the Alysiini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Alysiinae), with three genera new for China. ZooKeys (722), 37–79. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.722.14799
Journal of Entomological Society of Iran
Volume 44, Issue 3
July 2024
Pages 291-306

Files

Share

How to cite

Statistics