First record of the genus Zygota Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Belytinae) in the Western Asia, with three new records of species from Iran

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

2 Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

3 Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia

4 Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, Tehran, Iran

5 Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Tehran, Iran

10.22117/jesi.2025.369357.1724

Abstract

During our studies on the family Diapriidae, three species of the genus Zygota were collected and identified for the first time from Western Asia and the Middle East based on Iranian specimens: Zygota abdominalis (Nees, 1834), Z. nigra (Thomson, 1859) and Z. ruficornis Curtis, 1831. A key to the Iranian species of the genus Zygota and diagnostic characters for all newly recorded species are provided along with illustrations. In addition, distribution map of the three species throughout the world is presented.

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First record of the genus Zygota Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae, Belytinae) in the Western Asia, with three new records of species from Iran

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Available Online from 08 August 2025

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