First record of Microplitis docilis (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Iran
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عنوان دوره: سومین کنگره بین المللی حشره شناسی ایران
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1Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran,
2Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, I. R. Iran
چکیده
The Family Braconidae is the second largest family of Hymenoptera (after Ichneumonidae) with more than 21200 described species. The subfamily Microgastrinae is one of the most species-rich of parasitoid wasps with 81 genera and more than 2700 described species in the world. The genus Microplitis Forster, 1862 comprises about 200 described species worldwide of which 12 species have been identified in Iran. The majority of the Microplitis species attack the lepipopteran larvae in the families Noctuidae, Notodontidae, Sphingidae and Erebidae. There is a tremendous biological diversity within the members of this genus including solitary or gregarious and koinobiont endoparasitoids of the host larvae and pupae. In this study, the specimens of the genus Microplitis were collected from Qazvin province, using Malaise trap. Among the collected specimens from the Loshan area (3♀ in 06 Jul. 2010, at altitude of 291 meters above sea level on geographical coordinates 36°40′09.12″ N, 49°25′37.74″ E) the species Microplitis docilis Nixon, 1970 was identified. This species distributed in the Palaearctic. Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the species are briefly discussed. In this study, the biology and hosts of Microplitis docilis is unknown because sampling was done using Malaise trap. This species is new for the Iranian fauna and the collected specimens are deposited in the Collection of Department of Entomology, Tarbiat Modares University.
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