Contributions to the Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Eastern Iran with updated checklist of Iranian species

Abstract

The present work collects the checklist of species of Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran and presents new information about the specimens captured in the Sistan and Baluchestan province during 2009-2011. A total of 68 species belonging to eight genera have been listed, of which nine species including Opius (Hypocynodus) arundinis Fischer, 1964a; Opius (Hypocynodus) bouceki (Fischer, 1958b); Opius (Opius) caricivorae Fischer, 1964b; Opius (Opius) exilis Haliday, 1837; Opius (Opiothorax) opacus Fischer, 1968; Opius (Allophlebus) tabificus Papp, 1979; Phaedrotoma biroica (Fischer et Beyarslan 2005a); Phaedrotoma mirabunda (Papp, 1982) and Xynobius rudis (Wesmaelm, 1835) are new records from Iran.

Study of the genus Opius Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) <br />in Southern Iran, with eleven new records

“…According to previous studies, the majority of the Opiinae genera have been recorded in north, north western and north Eastern Iran (Farrar et al 2000;Ghahari et al 2009Ghahari et al , 2010Ghahari et al , 2011bGhahari et al , 2012aLashkari et al 2011;Rastegar et al 2012;Khajeh et al 2014). This is the first record of the subfamily Opiinae in Hormozgan province and Queshm Island and all species studied are new records to Hormozgan province.…”

Updated checklist of Iranian Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

“…Fallahzadeh and Saghaei (2010) recorded only seven species belonging to four genera, Eurytenes (1), Fopius (1), Opius (4) and Phaedrotoma (1). Recent studies have improved the knowledge of this subfamily in Iran with the description and record of further species (Ghahari et al 2009(Ghahari et al , 2010a(Ghahari et al , b, 2011a(Ghahari et al , b, 2012aFischer 2011, 2012;Lashkari et al 2011;Rastegar et al 2012;Khajeh et al 2014;Ameri et al 2014). The present work provides a checklist of Opiinae from Iran with additional data about species occurrence.…”

Contribution to the fauna and phenological knowledge of high mountains Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) in Kerman province (Iran)

“…Sistan & Baluchestan (Khajeh et al, 2014), Hormozgan (Ameri et al, 2014) and Kerman. Fischer, 1957 (Fig.…”

“…Recently, several studies have been conducted on Opiinae from Iran and only 104 species have been recorded (Khajeh et al, 2014;Gadallah et al, 2016;Ranjbar et al, 2016;Peris-Felipo et al, 2018). Despite this, no survey was focused on the Opiinae diversity of high mountains.…”