First report of Aylax hypecoi (Hym.: Cynipidae: Aylacini) from Iran with some notes on its biology and parasitoids

Abstract

The herb gall wasp, Aylax hypecoi Trotter, is recorded as new for the Iranian cinipid fauna. The specimens were collected from induced galls on fruit-like pods of Hypecoum pendulum L. (Papaveraceae) in Urmia region. The A. hypecoi-H. pendulum association is also newly recorded. Notes on diagnostic characters, biology and associated parasitoids of A. hypecoi are given.