First report of Perilissus lutescens (Hym.: Ichneumonidae, Ctenopelmatinae), for Iran (Short report)

Document Type : Agricultural Entomology

Authors

1 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

2 Department of Plant Production, College of Agriculture & Natural Resources of Darab, Shiraz University

3 Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland

Abstract

Ctenopelmatinae is a relatively large subfamily of the parasitoid wasps of the family Ichneumonidae containing more than 1200 described species worldwide (5). Members of this subfamily are known as parasitoids of sawflies (Hym.: Symphyta) and some species have been introduced from Europe to North America and Canada as biological control agents of sawflies pests (4). Ctenopelmatines have morphologically a small tooth at the apical end of fore tibia and mostly a short ovipositor. There have been yet only ten recorded species of this subfamily from Iran (1; 2). Here, a genus and species of this subfamily is newly reported from Kerman province, Iran. Samplings were done during 2014-2015 using 8 Malaise traps in Jiroft and Faryab counties, southern Iran. The collected specimen of this species was Identified by the forth author, R. Jussila, a specialist on the family Ichneumonidae. Specimen of this species is deposited in the insects collection of Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Iran.

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Applied Entomology and Phytopathology
Volume 85, No. 1 - Serial Number 104
September 2017
Pages 127-128

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