First record of the genus and species, Syrphophilus bizonarius from Iran

Document Type : Short Report

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1 Agricultural Sciences, Shahed University, Tehran

2 Zoological Museum, Section of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences, University of Turku, Finland

Abstract

In order to determine the parasitoid insects (Hymenoptera) associating with cabbage fields, a sampling was perfomed at southern part of Tehran in 2011. Five species of parasitoid wasps belonging to three families including, Oomyzus sokolowskii (Kurdjumov, 1912) (Eulophidae), Pteromalus sp. (Pteromalidae), Cotesia plutellae (Kurdjumov, 1912) (Braconidae), Diadegma anurum (Thomson, 1877) and Syrphophilus bizonarius (Gravenhorst, 1829) (Ichenumonidae) were collected and identified. S. bizonarius (Ichneumonidae: Diplazontinae) representing a new genus and species record for the fauna of Iran.

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BioControl in Plant Protection
Volume 1, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
January 2014
Pages 111-113

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