First record of Caenocrepis arenicola (Thomson, 1878) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from Iran

Mahla Shojaey; Mohammad Khayrandish; Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh; Hossein Lotfalizadeh

Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics (Jun 2019)

First record of Caenocrepis arenicola (Thomson, 1878) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from Iran

Mahla Shojaey,
Mohammad Khayrandish,
Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh,
Hossein Lotfalizadeh

Affiliations

Mahla Shojaey: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Mohammad Khayrandish: Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Hossein Lotfalizadeh: Department of Plant Protection, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 2
pp. 121 – 126

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Caenocrepis arenicola (Thomson, 1878) (Hymenpotera: Pteromalidae) is a new record for Iran. A female specimen of this species was collected from south of Kerman province by sweeping net on Medicago sativa in November 2016. It is egg parasitoid of Pachycerus madidus (Olivier, 1807) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) which distributed in the Palaearctic region. Morphological characteristics and its geographical distribution are presented.

Published in Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

ISSN: 2423-8112 (Online)
Publisher: Tarbiat Modares University
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Science: Science (General); Science: Biology (General): Life; Science: Zoology; Agriculture; Science: Biology (General): Ecology
Website: https://jibs.modares.ac.ir/

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