First record of Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914 (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Iran

Ali Talebi; Samira Farahani; Cornelis van Achterberg; Ehsan Rakhshani

doi:10.15560/10.2.441

Check List 10(2): 441-444, doi: 10.15560/10.2.441

First record of Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914 (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Iran

Samira Farahani^‡, Ali Asghar Talebi^§, Cornelis van Achterberg^|, Ehsan Rakhshani^¶

‡ Tarbiat Modares University, Iran§ Tarbiat Modares Universityg, Netherlands| Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis, Iran¶ University of Zabol, Iran

Corresponding author: Ali Talebi ( talebia@modares.ac.ir )

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Citation: Talebi A, Farahani S, van Achterberg C, Rakhshani E (2014) First record of Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914 (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Iran. Check List 10(2): 441-444. https://doi.org/10.15560/10.2.441

Abstract

Occurrence of the genus Microplitis Forster (Braconidae, Microgastrinae) was surveyed in the Northern part of Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011. Two species, Microplitis rufiventris Kokujev, 1914 and M. ochraceus Szepligeti, 1896 were collected and identified of which the first species is newly recorded from Iran. Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the species are briefly discussed.

Keywords

Hymenoptera; Ichneumonoidea; Microplitis ochraceus; Microplitis rufiventris; Braconidae; distribution; Iran; Alborz