Herbertiidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea): a family previously unrecorded in the Middle East

Document Type : Short communication, English

Authors

1 East-Azarbaijan Research & Education Center for Agriculture & Natural Resources

2 IRIPP

10.22117/jesi.2025.368213.1697

Abstract

During a faunistic study of mangrove habitats conducted between 2015–2019 along the Makran coast (southeastern Iran), we collected specimens initially classified under the former Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). These were identified as Herbertia wallacei Burks, 1959 (Hymenoptera: Herbertiidae). This represents the first record of H. wallacei in Iran and the first documentation of the family Herbertiidae in the Middle East.

Keywords

Main Subjects


CAPTCHA Image