Preliminary checklist of Iranian mymarids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Mymaridae)

Abstract

Twenty-seven species of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) belonging to eight genera are recorded from Iran: Anagrus Haliday (4 species), Anaphes Haliday (2 species), Camoptoptera Foerster (1 species), Erythmelus Enock (4 species), Gonatocerus Nees (10 species), Mymar Curtis (1 species), Polynema Haliday (3 species), and Stephanodes Enock (2 species). Brief information on their known biology and hosts is provided. Two genera, Gonatocerus and Anagrus, include about 80% of specimen composition.

Keywords

• Hymenoptera
• Mymaridae
• Chalcidoidea
• fauna
• distribution
• Iran.