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Insect Biodiversity and Systematics - Volume:3 Issue: 3, Sep 2017

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics
Volume:3 Issue: 3, Sep 2017

  • تاریخ انتشار: 1396/07/07
  • تعداد عناوین: 7
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  • Mohammad Khayrandish *, Ali Asghar Talebi, Stephan M. Blank Pages 165-227
    An updated list of the sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from Iran is provided. The list inculdes 178 species of sawflies belonging to 60 genera and 9 families. Family Tenthredinidae is the most species-rich group (131 species) followed by Argidae (18 species), Cephidae (9 species), Megalodontesidae (7 species), Cimbicidae (4 species), Pamphiliidae (3 species), Orussidae, Siricidae and Xiphydriidae (each with 2 species). Also genus Tenthredo is the most species-rich genus with 23 species followed by Macrophya (Tenthredinidae) with 17 species and Arge (Argidae) with 12 species. General distribution, synonyms and hosts associated with larvae for all recorded species are provided.
    Keywords: Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Checklist, distribution, Iran
  • Hossein Ali Derafshan, Ehsan Rakhshani *, Samira Farahani, Francisco Javier Peris Felipo Pages 229-238
    Adelius aridus (Tobias, 1967) (Braconidae, Cheloninae) is recorded for the first time from Iran. It was collected among Tamarix stricta Boiss and Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karst. shrubs in Eastern Iran (Hamoon wetlands, Sistan), of which the latter was severely infested by an unknown nepticulid leaf miner (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae). Adelius aridus is redescribed and its generic position is discussed.
    Keywords: Adelius, Myriola, Adeliini, Cheloninae, Tamarix, Hamoon wetlands, Eastern Iran
  • Mostafa Ghafouri Moghaddam, Azizollah Mokhtari * Pages 239-246
    The subfamily Microgastrinae Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Braconidae) is a challenging and the most diverse groups of braconids that has significant importance in biological control programs. They are koinobiont endoparasitoids of lepidopteran larvae and generally attack and develop in early instars and exit from the host larvae to pupate. In current paper, the findings of primary taxonomic investigations on these valuable biocontrol agents is presented and for each genus, the general habitus of a represented species is illustrated. Also, the proportion of known hosts for some genera was provided. The purpose of this paper is to provide a preliminary information of the Microgastrinae in Iran to serve as a starting point for future studies on the group and to encourage further study of more species in other regions of Iran, on various aspects of taxonomic, ecological, host associations, conservation, DNA barcoding and bio-control.
    Keywords: parasitoids, Braconidae, Microgastrinae, Lepidoptera, biological control, Cryptic species
  • Rahman Mohammadi *, Samad Khaghaninia, Dmitry Astakhov Pages 247-255
    Based on specimens collected from East and West Azerbaijan provinces during 2014–2016, fourteen species of the family Asilidaeare collected and identified. Two of them, e.g. Dysmachus transcaucasicus Richter, 1962; Saropogon megriensis Richter, 1966 are recorded from Iran for the first time. All species are listed along with their geographic distributions. Diagnostic characters as well as supplementary photos of new records are provided.
    Keywords: Asilidae, East Azerbaijan, west Azerbaijan, Iran, new records
  • Gazi Gorur *, Ozhan Senol, Gizem Gezici, Hayal Akyildirim Begen, Dilek Parmaksiz Pages 257-264
    The present study aimed to determine aphid species in South Eastern regions of Turkey. The material of this study was collected during April to October 2016. As a result of the evaluation of the samples, 110 species and 1 subspecies recorded from study area, of them 9 species and 1 subspecies are determined as new records for Turkey aphid fauna: Aphis (Aphis) cirsiphila Pashtshenko, 1992; Aphis (Aphis) sanguisorbae Schrank, 1801, Aphis (Aphis) wartenbergi (Börner, 1952), Cinara (Cinara) intermedia (Pašek, 1953), Eulachnus cembrae Börner, 1950, Lipaphis (Lipaphis) pseudobrassicae (Davis, 1914), Pseudoregma panicola (Takahashi, 1921), Schizaphis (Euschizaphis) palustris Theobald, 1929, Sitobion (Sitobion) lambersi David, 1956 and Uroleucon (Uromelan) jaceaema crosiphon (Hille Ris Lambers, 1939). With these new records, the number of species and subspecies of aphids in Turkey increased to 541 and 13, respectively.
    Keywords: Aphid, Turkey, Hemiptera, new record
  • Soheila Safahani, Mahdi Iranmanesh, Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh *, Francisco Javier Peris Felipo Pages 265-271
    The present paper provides information about the Alysiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) species captured in Kerman province (Iran). A total of 14 species belonging to eight genera were collected and identified, of which three species are reported for the first time from Iran: Dinotrema (Prosapha) speculum (Haliday, 1838), Idiasta (Idiasta) dichrocera Konigsmann, 1960 and Protodacnus atristis (Nees, 1834). Diagnostic characters of the newly recorded species is presented.
    Keywords: Braconidae, Alysiinae, parasitoids, Iran, new records
  • Hossein Lotfalizadeh*, Tahereh Shiri, Andrew Liston Pages 273-279
    Poplar tree blotch leaf-miner,Fenusella hortulana (Klug, 1818) (Hym.: Tenthredinidae) is widely distributed in the West Palaearctic. During field surveys in the northwest of Iran, we recently found this species in Sarab, East-Azarbaijan Province. It was reared on Populus nigra Linnaeus. Its geographical distribution is mapped and some biological features are discussed.
    Keywords: Symphyta, sawfly, range extension, East-Azarbaijan, pest, Populus nigra