Neveen S.GADALLAH,Hassan GHAHARI,Jen? PAPP,Ahmet BEYARSLAN

(1.Entomology Department,Faculty of Science,Cairo University,Giza,Egypt；2.Department of Plant Protection,Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini(RAH)Shahre Rey Branch,Islamic Azad University,Tehran,Iran；3.Zoological Department,Hungarian Natural History Museum,Baross-u.13,H-1088 Budapest,Hungary；4.Department of Biology,Faculty of Arts and Science,Trakya University,Turkey)

1 Introduction

Braconidae are one of the largest families of Hymenoptera with more than 21 223 described species worldwide(Yu et al.,2016)under 45 subfamilies,111 tribes and 1 103 genera(Beyarslan et al.,2014；Yu et al.,2016).Most of the braconids are powerful parasitoids that have efficient role in biological control of several agricultural and forest pests(Shaw et al.,1991；Wharton,1993；Shaw,2006).

The fauna of Iranian Braconidae has been studied rather well and most of the taxa have been catalogued by several authors(e.g.,Gadallah et al.,2013a,2013b,2015a,2015b,2015c,2016a,2016b,2016c,2017；Ghahari,2016；Farahani et al.,2016；Beyarslan et al.,2017).The aim of this paper is introducing of 19 species of Braconidae as the new records for the fauna of Iran.

2 Materials and Methods

Samplings were done using Malaise traps,sweeping nets and rearing of hosts(pupation chamber with nymphs of Pentatomidae and larvae of Curculionidae)in optimum condition[(25±2) ℃,(65±5)%RH,L ∶D＝14∶10],and misted with distilled water one to two times per week in order to prevent desiccation.The emerged insects were collected daily.The emerged parasitoids were put in ethanol 70%+5%glycerin,pined or mounted on small labels and examined with a stereoscopic binocular microscope.In this paper,the information concerning specific name,describer and description date,locality,date of collection,and number of specimens are given.Classification and distribution of each braconid species in the present study follow Yu et al.(2016).

3 Results

Totally 19 Braconidae species under seven subfamilies,Agathidinae,Brachistinae,Braconinae,Cheloninae,Euphorinae,Microgastrinae and Opiinae were collected and identified from some regions of Iran.The list of species is given below alphabetically.

Subfamily Agathidinae Haliday,1833 Genus Agathis Latreille,1804

Agathis griseifrons Thomson,1895

Material examined： Guilan province,Lavandevil(near Latun waterfall),1♀,September 2011.

General distribution：Albania,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,Finland,France,Greece,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Kazakhstan,Korea,Lithuania,Mongolia,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Romania,Russia,Serbia,Slovenia,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,Ukraine,UK.

Subfamily Brachistinae F?rster,1862 Genus Polydegmon F?rster,1863

Polydegmon sinuatus F?rster,1863

Material examined： Hamadan province,Razan(Qorveh Darjezin,Zakan),2♀,1♂,June 2003.

General distribution：Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,China,Georgia,Germany,Hungary,Kazakhstan,Moldova,Montenegro,Russia,Serbia,Slovakia,Turkey,Uzbekistan.

Genus Diospilus Haliday,1833

Diospilus(Diospilus)morosus Reinhard,1862

Material examined： Ardabil province,Germi(Angut,Samanlu),1♀,2♂,ex Ceutorhynchus assimilis Paykull(Coleoptera：Curculionidae).

General distribution：Czech Republic,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Italy,Kazakhstan,Lithuania,Moldova,Poland,Serbia,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,Ukraine,UK.

Subfamily Braconinae Nees,1811 Genus Iphiaulax F?rster,1863

Iphiaulax(Iphiaulax)potanini(Kokujev,1898)

Material examined： Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province,Ardal,2♀,1♂,August 2011.

General distribution：Mongolia,Tajikistan,Turkey,Turkmenistan.

Genus Bracon Fabricius,1804

Bracon(Glabrobracon)discoideus(Wesmael,1838)

Material examined：Hamadan province,Nahavand,1♀,April 2012,ex Anthonomus pomorum(Coleoptera：Curculionidae)(Linnaeus,1758).

General distribution：Armenia,Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Egypt,France,Germany,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova,Netherlands,Poland,Russia,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,Ukraine,UK.

Bracon(Lucobracon)mirus Szépligeti,1901

Material examined： Qazvin province,Takestan,2♀,June 2013.

General distribution：China,Czech Republic,Georgia,Hungary,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Netherlands,Sweden,Turkey.

Bracon(Glabrobracon)titubans(Wesmael,1838)

Material examined： Kuhgiloyeh and Boyerahmad province,1♀,1♂,Sisakht,June 2009.

General distribution：Afghanistan,Armenia,Austria,Belgium,Bulgaria,Croatia,Finland,France,Georgia,Hungary,Germany,Korea,Mongolia,Netherlands,Poland,Romania,Russia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,Ukraine,UK,former Yugoslavia.

Genus Pseudovipio Szépligeti,1896

Pseudovipio barchanicus(Telenga,1936)

Material examined： Hamadan province,Nahavand,3♀,April 2012.

General distribution：Kazakhstan,Turkey,Turkmenistan.

Subfamily Cheloninae F?rster,1863 Genus Ascogaster Wesmael,1835

Ascogaster(Ascogaster)abdominator(Dahlbom,1833)

Material examined： Guilan province,Talesh(Diyasara),1♀,July 2011.

General distribution：Austria,Azerbaijan,Belgium,Bulgaria,Czech republic,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Lithuania,Macedonia,Moldova,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Romania,Russia,Slovenia,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,United Kingdom,former Yugoslavia.

Ascogaster(Ascogaster)rufipes(Latreille,1809)

Material examined： Lorestan province,Kuhdasht(Sargandab),1♀,1♂,September 2012.

General distribution：Algeria,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Belgium,Bulgaria,China,Croatia,Czech Republic,Finland,France,Germany,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Japan,Korea,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Moldova,Mongolia,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Russia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,Ukraine,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan.

Genus Chelonus Panzer 1806

Chelonus(Chelonus)bimaculatus Szépligeti,1896

Material examined： Ilam province,Abdanan(Dastvar),2♀,October 2011.

General distribution：Albania,Bulgaria,China,Croatia,former Czechoslovakia,Germany,Hungary,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Russia,Serbia,Switzerland,Turkey,Ukraine,Uzbekistan.

Subfamily Euphorinae Foerster,1863 Genus Leiophron Nees von Esenbeck,1819

Leiophron(Leiophron)reclinator(Ruthe,1856)

Material examined： Ardabil province,Khalkhal,2♀,1♂,July 2014.

General distribution：Azerbaijan,Hungary,Germany,Italy,Kazakhstan,Poland,Russia,Sweden,Turkey.

Genus Aridelus Marshall,1887

Aridelus egregius(Schmiedeknecht,1907)

Material examined：Markazi province,Saveh,1♂,August 2011,ex Dolycoris baccarum(Linnaeus,1758)(Heteroptera：Pentatomidae).

General distribution：Azerbaijan,Bulgaria,China,Czech Republic,France,Germany,Hungary,Korea,Moldova,Russia,Slovakia,Turkey,Ukraine.

Genus Meteorus Haliday,1835

Meteorus filator(Haliday,1835)

Material examined： Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province,Ardal,1♀,1♂,August 2011.

General distribution：Austria,Azerbaijan,Belgium,Bulgaria,Denmark,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Korea,Lithuania,Mongolia,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Russia,Slovakia,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UK.

Genus Perilitus Nees von Esenbeck,1819 s.s.

Perilitus cerealium Haliday,1835

Material examined： Kordestan province,Bijar,3♀,September 2008,ex Chaetocnema(Chaetocnema)hortensis(Geoffroy,1785)(Coleoptera：Chrysomelidae).

General distribution：Belgium,Bulagaria,Czech Republic,Finland,France,Germany,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Netherlands,Poland,Romania,Russia,Serbia,Sweden,Switzerland,Tajikistan,Turkey,UK.

Subfamily Microgastrinae F?rster,1862 Genus Dolichogenidea Viereck,1911

Dolichogenidea longicauda(Wesmael,1837)

Material examined： Lorestan province,Borujerd,1♀,October 2009.

General distribution：Afghanistan,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Belgium,Bulgaria,Canada,Czech Republic,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Hungary,Italy,Korea,Latvia,Lithuania,Moldova,Mongolia,The Netherlands,Poland,Romania,Russia,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Switzerland,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine.

Genus Microplitis F?rster,1863

Microplitis lugubris(Ruthe,1860)

Material examined： Ardabil province,Khalkhal,1♀,1♂,July 2014.

General distribution：Armenia,Austria,Britain,Finland,Germany,Greenland,Hungary,Ireland,Lithuania,Mongolia,Poland,Russia,Serbia,Sweden,Switzerland.

Subfamily Opiinae Blanchard,1845 Genus Opius Wesmael,1835

Opius(Cryptonastes)gracilis Fischer,1957

Material examined： Golestan province,Golestan National Park,1♀,1♂,April 2009.

General distribution：Austria,Bosnia-Hercegovina,Croatia,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Hungary,Israel,Italy,Kazakhstan,Korea,Lithuania,Mongolia,Poland,Romania,Russia,Slovakia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Tunisia,Turkey,UK,Uzbekista,former Yugoslavia.

Opius(Phaedrotoma)variegatus Szépligeti,1896

Material examined： Markazi province,Saveh,3♀,1♂,June 2008.

General distribution：Austria,Croatia,former Czechoslovakia,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Hungary,Ireland,Italy,Kazakhstan,Mongolia,Netherlands,Poland,Russia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UK.

4 Discussion

The fauna of Iranian Braconidae is very diverse.Iran has a spectacular position between three different ecological zones,the Palaearctic,Afrotropical and Indomalayan.Although most of the Iranian fauna is related to the Palaearctic region,the fauna of the two other regions are also represented and are recorded from different areas of the country,especially the south(Zehzad et al.,2002；Khoei et al.,2011).Regarding to these 19 new records,the total species number of Iranian Braconidae reaches more than 800.However we expect nearly 1 500 species of Braconidae for the fauna of Iran which will be discovered by faunistic surveys in different areas especially the regions where have not been sampled systematically.Additionally,in this research four insect species,Anthonomus pomorum,Ceutorhynchus assimilis(Curculionidae),Chaetocnema(Chaetocnema)hortensis(Chrysomelidae)and Dolycoris baccarum(Pentatomidae)were collected as the hosts of Braconidae.The parasitoid-host relationships have poorly been studied for the Iranian Braconidae and it is necessary to be conducted by the researchers；because determining of these relationships is the first step for establishment of biological control programs(Hoy et al.,1985；De Bach et al.,1991).

Acknowledgements：The research was supported by Islamic Azad University(Yadegar-e-Imam Khomeini(RAH)Shahre Rey Branch).The authors are appreciated to M.Fischer(Naturhistorisches Museum,Austria)for identification of some specimens,Dr.H.Sakenin and Dr.J.Rastegar for loaning some materials.We are grateful to J.Huang(Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University,China)for providing the manuscript for publishing.