Faunistic study and host range of encyrtid parasitoids (Hym., Encyrtidae) collected in some parts of Lorestan and Markazi provinces of Iran

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

Sh. Golpayegani ¹ (Graduated student, Department of Entomology, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran)
A. A. Talebi ² (Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University)
H. Lotfalizadeh ³ (Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research Center, Tabriz, Iran)
E. Rakhshani ⁴ (Plant Protection Department, Agricultural Faculty, Zabol University, Zabol, Iran)

Received: 2009-10-29 Accepted : 2010-01-27 Published : 2010-02-20

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Abstract :

The encyrtid parasitoids (Hym., Encyrtidae) of scale insects (Hem., Coccoidea) were       investigated during 2008 in some parts of Lorestan and Markazi provinces. A total of eleven      species were collected and identified. According to the available literature, two species which marked with an asterisk are reported for the first time from Iran: Blastothrix sericea (Dalman, 1820) Discodes coccophagus (Ratzeburg, 1848) Encyrtus aurantii (Geoffory, 1785) Microterys cuprinus (Nikol'skaya, 1952)* Microterys hortulanus Erdos, 1956 Cheiloneurus claviger Thomson, 1876 Habrolepis dalamanii (Westwood, 1837) Zaomma lambinus (Walker, 1837) Metaphycus lounsburyi (Howard, 1898) Metaphycus chermis (Fonscolombe, 1832)* Metaphycus sp. Morphological characters, host range and geographical distribution of the two new species from Iran have been presented and discussed.