Fauna of the genus Bruchophagus (Hym.: Eurytomidae) in East-Azarbaijan province, Iran

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

A. Naghizadeh ¹ (Plant Protection Department, College of Agriculture, Tabriz Branch, Islamic Azad University)
H. Lotfalizadeh ² (Department of Plant Protection, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center of East-Azerbaijan, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran)
M. Nikdel ³ (Forests and Rangelands Research Department, Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center of East-Azerbaijan, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran)
E. Sadeghi ⁴ (Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tehran, Karaj)

Received: 2017-04-12 Accepted : 2018-12-23 Published : 2018-02-20

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Abstract :

The genus Bruchophagus Ashmead, 1888 (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) has a worldwide distribution. These small wasps are seed eater of rangelands plants, therefore they are considered as one of the main pests for rangelands. This study was conducted to identify the fauna of this genus in some parts of East-Azarbaijan, Iran. In total, 13 species from different localities have been collected and identified. The identified species include: B. astragali Fedoseeva, 1954; B. bajariae                  (Erdös, 1957); B. colutea (Bouček, 1954); B. evolans Szelényi, 1961; B. gibbus (Boheman, 1836); B. kononovae Zerova, 1994; B. turkestanicus Zerova, 1994; B. macronycis Fedoseeva, 1956; B. mutabilis Nikolskaja, 1952; B. nikolskayae (Zerova, 1968); B. parvulus Zerova, 1994; B. ponticus Zerova, 1994 and B. trigonellae Zerova, 1970. Of which, four species have been reported for the first time in Iran including B. coluteae, B. macronycis, B. parvulus and B. ponticus. Host plants of all collected species were listed and finally a checklist of known species of the genus Bruchophagusin Iranwas presented.