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Issue: Vol. 3784 No. 2: 27 Mar. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3784.2.3
Page range: 131–147
Abstract views: 39
PDF downloaded: 2

Contributions to the Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Eastern Iran with updated checklist of Iranian species

Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, P.O. Box: 98615-538, I. R. Iran.
Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, P.O. Box: 98615-538, I. R. Iran.
Laboratory of Entomology and Pest Control, Institute Cavanilles of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, c/.Catedrático José Beltrán n 2, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology and Ecology, University of Niš, ul. Višegradska 33, 18000 Niš, Serbia.
Braconidae Opiinae checklist new records Sistan

Abstract

The present work collects the checklist of species of Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran and presents new information about the specimens captured in the Sistan and Baluchestan province during 2009–2011. A total of 68 species belonging to eight genera have been listed, of which nine species including Opius (Hypocynodus) arundinis Fischer, 1964a; Opius (Hypocynodus) bouceki (Fischer, 1958b); Opius (Opius) caricivorae Fischer, 1964b; Opius (Opius) exilis Haliday, 1837; Opius (Opiothorax) opacus Fischer, 1968; Opius (Allophlebus) tabificus Papp, 1979; Phaedrotoma biroica (Fischer et Beyarslan 2005a); Phaedrotoma mirabunda (Papp, 1982) and Xynobius rudis (Wesmaelm, 1835) are new records from Iran.