Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), a new family record from Iran

Abstract

In the present study, the family Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) is newly recorded for the Iranian insect fauna by several records of a single species, Sclerogibba talpiformis Benoit, 1950. The materialwas captured by a series of Malaise traps in the provinces of Fars andHormozgan (south of Iran) during 2013–2015.

Keywords

• new records
• fars
• hormozgan
• palaearctic region
• sclerogibba talpiformis