Journal of Crop Protection (Jun 2014)

New record of the genus and species Callitula ferrierei (Bouček) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from Iran

  • zainab bayegan,
  • Hosseinali Lotfalizadeh,
  • Mohammadreza zargaran,
  • Rana Pooraiiouby

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 125 – 128

Abstract

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Among the recently collected chalcidoid wasps in a rice field of eastern Guilan province (coast of Caspian Sea), in July 2012, there was a specimen of Pteromalidae belonging to the genus Callitula. It was identified as Callitula ferrierei (Bouček, 1964). Both genus and species are new record for Iranian fauna. Morphological characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species are given.

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