Contribution to the study of Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Fars province of Iran: II- Subfamilies Entiinae and Eulophinae, with a preliminary checklist of Eulophidae species in Iran

Subject Areas : Plant Protection

Shahram Hesami ¹ , Ebrahim Ebrahimi ² , Hadi Ostovan ³ , Zoya Yefremova ⁴

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Received: 2012-02-01 Accepted : 2012-02-01 Published : 2011-01-21

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The eulophid subfamilies Entiinae and Eulophinae collected in Fars province of Iran during 2004 to 2007 were studied. The subfamily Entiinae (=Euderinae) is recorded from Iran. One species of Entiinae and 13 species of Eulophinae are listed among them four species are recorded for the first time from Iran. Available biological data and geographical distribution of each species is mentioned briefly. A checklist of recorded species of Eulophidae from Iran  (until 2011)  is provided.  

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