Document Type : Agricultural Entomology
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Based on the recent investigation, up to 12 species of hymenopterous parasitoids attack the pistachio twig borer moth, Kermania pistaciella Amsel (Lepidoptera: Tineidae: Hieroxestinae) in the pistachio plantations of Kerman province in southern part of Iran. Five species have already been reported (Achterberg and Mehrnejad, 2002, the braconid parasitoids of Kermania pistaciella Amsel in Iran, Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden), however the remaining 7 species are introduced as follow;
1 - Anastatus dlabolai Kalina (Hymenotera: Eupelmidae)
2 - Arachnophaga (Parasolindenia) matritensis Bolivar y Pieltain (Hymenotera: Eupelmidae)
3 - Chrysocharis laomedon (Walker) (Hymenotera: Eulophidae)
4 - Cyrtoptyx latipes (Rondani) (Hymenotera: Pteromalidae)
5 - Eupelmus (Macroneura) longicornis Kalina (Hymenotera: Eupelmidae)
6 - Eupelmus urozonus Dalman (Hymenotera: Eupelmidae)
7 - Pteromalus (Habrocytus) semotus (Walker) (Hymenotera: Pteromalidae)
Cyrtoptyx latipes acts as a primary parasitoid for K. pistaciella. Chrysocharis laomedon was found as a secondary parasitoid for the pistachio twig borer moth, and the remaining five species are considered as both primary and secondary parasitoids for this insect. This is the first record for activity of above wasps on K. pistaciella. In addition, two species including no 1 & 6 have already been reported from Iran.
The voucher specimens have been deposited in the following sites; eupelmid species in the CNC (Canadian National Collection of Insects), eulophid species in the State Pedagogical University, Russia, and pteromalid in the Institute of Zoology, Kazakhstan.
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