The First Report of Six Species and Genus of Torymidae Family (Hym: Chalcidoidea) from Iran

Document Type : Research Article

Authors

• J. Nazemi Rafie ¹
• hossain lotfalizadeh ²

¹ University of Kurdistan

² Assistant Professor Center of Agricutural Research of East-Azarbaijan

10.22067/jpp.v29i1.25057

Abstract

Torymidae is one of the largest families of parasitoid waps. During this study which is conducted during 2010-2012, 14 species of the family Torymidae (Hym.: Chalcidoidea) were collected from Kurdistan Province, of which, one genus and six species were new records for Iranian fauna. The genus Torymoides Walker is new record for Iranian torymid fauna. New records were listed. Microdontomerus albipes (Giraud), Pseudotorymus leguminus Ruschka, P. salviae Ruschka, P. sapphyrinus (Fonscolombe), Podagrion minus Strand, and Torymoides dispar (Masi).

Keywords

• Parasitoid
• Torymidae
• Kurdistan
• Biological control

20.1001.1.20084749.1394.29.1.6.9

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