A landlord or Hitchhiking guest: Rediscovery of the genus Duta Nixon (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelionidae) in the Palaearctic region

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1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615–538, Zabol, Iran

2 Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL, USA

3 Integrative Insect Ecology Research Unit, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Phaya Thai Road, Pathum Wan, Bangkok 10330, Thailand

Abstract

The genus Duta Nixon, 1922 (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae), represented by a single species, D. bicolor Rajmohana, 2014, is first recorded in Western Asia, Iran. The specimens were collected from a desert area in the middle of the easternmost border of Iran, surrounded by native vegetation, including palm groves and tamarisk trees, as well as sub-mountainous terrain. Duta bicolor was originally described from the Oriental region, South India; its known distribution expanded into the Palaearctic as a trans-biogeographical element. This is also the fourth species of Duta from the Palaearctic region. The diagnostic characters are briefly described and illustrated. A preliminary world checklist is also generated to facilitate future revisionary studies on the genus.

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A landlord or Hitchhiking guest: Rediscovery of the genus Duta Nixon (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelionidae) in the Palaearctic region

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Article Title [Persian]

مالک یا مسافر فرصت‌طلب: بازشناسی جنس Duta Nixon (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelionidae) در منطقه پالئارکتیک

Authors [Persian]

  • فرزاد میناب 1
  • احسان رخشانی 1
  • الیاس جی تالاماس 2
  • مصطفی غفوری مقدم 3
1 گروه گیاهپزشکی، دانشکده کشاورزی، دانشگاه زابل، ایران
2 کلکسیون بندپایان ایالت فلوریدا، بخش صنایع گیاهی، اداره کشاورزی و خدمات مصرف‌کنندگان فلوریدا، گینزویل، فلوریدا، آمریکا
3 واحد تحقیقات اکولوژی تلفیقی حشرات، گروه زیست‌شناسی، دانشکده علوم، دانشگاه چولالونگکورن، بانکوک، تایلند
Abstract [Persian]

جنس Duta Nixon, 1922  (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae)، بر اساس یک گونه با نام D. bicolor Rajmohana, 2014، برای اولین بار در غرب آسیا، ایران ثبت شد. نمونه‌ها از یک اقلیم بیابانی در منطقه کوهپایه‌ای واقع شده در شرقی‌ترن بخش در میانه نوار مرزی ایران، که توسط پوشش گیاهی بومی شامل نخلستان‌ها و درختان تاغ احاطه شده بود جمع‌آوری شدند. گونة Duta bicolor در اصل از منطقه خاورزمین، در جنوب هند توصیف شده و اکنون به عنوان یک آرایة میان زیست‌جغرافیایی، و چهارمین گونه از جنس Duta در منطقه پالئارکتیک گزارش می‌شود. ویژگی‌های افتراقی گونه به طور مختصر توصیف و تصویرسازی شدند. یک فهرست اولیه جهانی نیز برای تسهیل مطالعات بازنگری آینده درباره این جنس تهیه شد.

Keywords [Persian]

  • منطقه بیابانی
  • پارازیتویید تخم
  • خاورزمین
  • غرب آسیا
  • فهرست

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