Discovery of the genus Cinetus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) from Iran, with five species records

In this study, the specimens of the genus Cinetus Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) were collected using the Malaise traps during 2010-2019 in Northern Iran. The genus Cinetus and five related species are recorded from Iran for the first time: Cinetus angustatus Kieffer, 1910, C. ditomus (Kieffer, 1910), C. fuliginosus Curtis, 1831, C. iridipennis Lepeletier and Serville, 1825 and C. simulans Nixon, 1957. Diagnostic characters, illustrations, geographical distributions, and a key to Iranian species of the genus Cinetus are provided.