Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Dec 2022)

Bimaculate species of the genus Foenatopus Smith (Hym., Stephanidae) in Iran, with a new record

  • Sourush Karimi,
  • Hossein Lotfalizadeh,
  • abbas Mohammadi-Khoramabadi

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 4
pp. 541 – 549

Abstract

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View on Scopus Two species of the genus Foenatopus Smith, 1846 (Hym.: Stephanidae), were collected from West-Azarbaijan province, the northwest Iran; Foenatopus prousti Aguiar & Turrisi, 2010 and F. turcomanorum (Semenov, 1891). These species belong to the bimaculate group of this genus. Foenatopus turcomanorum is a new record for Iran. Their morphological characters and distribution are provided. The Iranian species of the bimaculate group of Foenatopus are summarized and tabulated.

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