Report of Cirrospilus variegatus (Hym.: Eulophidae), parasitoid of dipterous leafminers from Iran

Abstract

During the study of parasitoids of leafminer flies, some parasitoid wasps belonging to the family Eulophidae, including Cirrospilus variegatus (Masi), Diglyphus isaea (Walker) and Hemiptarsenus zilahisebessi Erdös were collected and identified, of which C. variegatus is a new report for Iran. The latter species was reared from Liriomyza sativa Blanchard (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on cucumber in the glasshouses of Varamin, Tehran in April 2003, as well as an unidentified leaf miner fly from the same family on Tanacetum sp. in Shiraz in June 2004.