New data on the subfamily Opiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran

Specimens of the Opiinae subfamily (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011 in Northern Iran (Alborz, Guilan, Mazandaran, Qazvin and Tehran provinces). A total of 32 species belonging to 12 genera were identified, of which 11 species are new records for the fauna of Iran: Apodesmia posticatae (Fischer, 1957), Apodesmia striatula (Fischer, 1957), Biosteres (Chilotrichia) advectus Papp, 1979, Bitomus (Bitomus) multipilis Fischer, 1990, Desmiostoma parvulum (Wesmael, 1835), Opius (Misophthora) rufimixtus Fischer, 1958, Opius (Opiothorax) phytobiae Fischer, 1959, Opius (Misophthora) mischa Fischer, 1968, Opius (Opiothorax) attributus Fischer, 1962, Phaedrotoma pseudonitida (Fahringer, 1943) and Utetes curtipectus (Fischer, 1958). In addition, 21 species are new provincial records. Local and global distributions of all 32 species as well as diagnostic characters of each of the newly recorded species are provided.

Description of the female of Labena madoricola González-Moreno & Bordera, 2015 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Labeninae), with new records of Labena species from Mexico

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4338.1.11 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4338 (1) ◽

pp. 182

Author(s):

ALEJANDRA GONZÁLEZ-MORENO ◽

SANTIAGO BORDERA

Keyword(s):

New World ◽

New Records ◽

Yucatan Peninsula ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Yucatán Peninsula ◽

First Time ◽

New Distribution ◽

The female of Labena madoricola González-Moreno & Bordera, 2015 is described and illustrated for the first time from material collected with Malaise traps in 2016 in the Biocultural Reserve Kaxil Kiuic, Yucatán, Mexico. Diagnostic characters to distinguish females of New World Labena are provided. New distribution records of Labena species in Yucatán Peninsula, are also reported.

First record of Homolobus infumator (Lyle, 1914) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Homolobinae) from Iran

Check List ◽

10.15560/8.6.1350 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 8 (6) ◽

pp. 1350

Author(s):

Samira Farahani ◽

Ali Asghar Talebi ◽

Ehsan Rakhshani ◽

Cornelis Van Achterberg

Keyword(s):

Geographical Distribution ◽

First Record ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

First Time ◽

Species of the genus Homolobus Förster, 1862 in northern Iran were taxonomically studied. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps from March to November of 2010 and 2011. Two species, Homolobus infumator (Lyle, 1914) and Homolobus truncator (Say, 1829) were collected and identified. The former was recorded for the first time in Iran. Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the species are briefly discussed. An illustrated key is provided for identification of the Iranian species.

Taxonomic study of the genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran

European Journal of Taxonomy ◽

10.5852/ejt.2021.744.1305 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 744 ◽

pp. 83-118

Author(s):

Parisa Abdoli ◽

Ali Asghar Talebi ◽

Jose Fernandez-Triana ◽

Samira Farahani

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Dna Barcoding ◽

New Records ◽

Taxonomic Study ◽

The West ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Number Of Species ◽

First Time ◽

A New Species ◽

The genus Microplitis Förster, 1862 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae) was studied from northern Iran. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011. A total of 13 species were collected and identified, of which six species are recorded for the first time from Iran: M. cebes Nixon, 1970, M. docilis Nixon, 1970, M. eremitus Reinhard, 1880, M. kaszabi Papp, 1980, M. pallidipennis Tobias, 1964 and M. varipes (Ruthe, 1860). Two species M. kaszabi and M. pallidipennis are new records for the west Palaearctic region. A new species, Microplitis alborziensis Abdoli & Talebi sp. nov., is described and illustrated. The number of species of Microplitis in Iran is now raised from 17 to 24. A faunistic list, an identification key to all known Iranian species and brief diagnoses and illustrations for all species that have been collected in this study are provided. The validity of the new species is supported by DNA barcoding.

A contribution to the knowledge of Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), with six new records from Iran

Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research ◽

10.4081/jear.2013.e9 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 45 (2) ◽

pp. 9 ◽

Author(s):

S. Farahani ◽

A.A. Talebi ◽

E. Rakhshani

Keyword(s):

Geographical Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

First Time ◽

A survey was conducted for identification of Euphorinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in the northern provinces of Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010-2011. In all, 9 species in four genera consisting of Allurus Förster, Dinocampus Förster, Peristenus Nees and Perilitus Nees were collected and identified. The genus Allurus is recorded for the first time from Iran. Six species are newly recorded for the Iranian fauna including Allurus muricatus (Haliday), Peristenus pallipes Curtis, Peristenus relictus (Ruthe), Perilitus (Townesilitus) bicolor (Wesmael), Perilitus foveolatus Reinhard and Perilitus rutilus (Nees). Morphological diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the species are briefly discussed. A key is presented for identification of the genera and species in the studied area.

A new Peruvian species and new records of the genus Piestus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4303.3.7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4303 (3) ◽

pp. 417 ◽

Author(s):

LUIS PÉREZ ◽

MARYZENDER RODRÍGUEZ ◽

ANGÉLICO ASENJO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Records ◽

Cladistic Analysis ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

A New Species

A new species of the genus Piestus Gravenhorst is described from Peru, P. chullachaqui sp. nov. (Cuzco). Photographs and drawings of the major diagnostic characters are provided. A key to Piestus species is modified to include the new species. New records are provided for Piestus angularis Fauvel, Piestus bicornis (Olivier), Piestus fronticornis (Dalman), Piestus lacordairei Laporte, Piestus longipennis (Fauvel), Piestus mexicanus Laporte, Piestus minutus Erichson, Piestus pennicornis Fauvel, Piestus spinosus (Fabricius), Piestus sulcatus Gravenhorst, Piestus surrufus Caron et al. and Piestus validus Sharp. Cladistic analysis is made to know the relationship of the P. chullachaqui sp. nov. within Piestus.

New records and two new species of Xiphocentron Brauer 1870 (Trichoptera, Xiphocentronidae) from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4851.2.11 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4851 (2) ◽

pp. 386-400

Author(s):

ALBANE VILARINO ◽

PITÁGORAS C. BISPO

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

South America ◽

Atlantic Forest ◽

Male Genitalia ◽

New Records ◽

Ventral Margin ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Morphological Variations ◽

Two New Species

Xiphocentron is the most species-rich genus of the pantropical family Xiphocentronidae. Among its five subgenera, Antillotrichia is the most diverse and the only one to occur in South America and Antilles. In the present study, two new species of Xiphocentron (Antillotrichia) are described from southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil. Xiphocentron gwarakeraba sp. nov. is diagnosed by the very elongate inferior appendage not bearing spines and with a simple mesal sclerite; X. muelleri sp. nov. is diagnosed by the inferior appendage with its ventral margin produced posterad and distinctly truncate. New distributional records are provided for X. acqualume, X. jaguare, X. kamakan, and X. maracanan. Additional non-genital diagnostic characters are presented for X. jaguare, and intraspecific morphological variations of forewing fork II (R3 and R4) and male genitalia are described for X. maracanan.

An overview of the Chloropidae (Diptera) of Saudi Arabia

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4791.1.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4791 (1) ◽

pp. 1-71 ◽

Author(s):

HASSAN A. DAWAH ◽

MOHAMMED A. ABDULLAH ◽

JOHN C. DEEMING

Keyword(s):

Saudi Arabia ◽

New Species ◽

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Economic Importance ◽

Reference Points ◽

Brazilian Purpuric Fever ◽

Rearing Methods ◽

First Time ◽

Chloropidae are of major economic importance, since the larvae of some species are pests of cereals and grasses, some are parasitoids and predators, and adults of some Hippelates spp. visit and transmit or are suspected of transmitting yaws sores in man and animals and by feeding around the eyes are vectors of Brazilian Purpuric Fever. Within the framework of the exploration of the biodiversity of Diptera in Southwest Saudi Arabia a survey of the grass flies fauna in 18 sites in Jazan, Asir, and Najran in south-western Saudi Arabia was performed mainly using Malaise traps and sweep nets from 2010– to 2016. Sixty six species of 43 genera and three subfamilies of Chloropidae were identified and are recorded from Saudi Arabia, 20 of them for the first time and three are described as new species: Elachiptera arabica Deeming sp. n.; Kwarea ismayi Deeming sp.n. and Tricimba turneri Deeming sp.n.. This makes the total number of Chloropidae species in Saudi Arabia 95 (including 29 species previously recorded). Seventy images are presented. The species of Chloropidae listed are predominantly of Afrotropical/ Palaearctic origin. An updated checklist of Chloropidae species of Saudi Arabia is presented.This study adds new records of Chloropidae to the Saudi Arabian Diptera fauna, which will become reference points for research detailing the systematic geographic distribution and for identifying other specimens submitted for identification. Further species will undoubtedly be discovered with more research involving collecting and rearing methods.

Three new species of the genus Choeras Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae) from Iran

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.4545.1.4 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 4545 (1) ◽

pp. 77 ◽

Author(s):

PARISA ABDOLI ◽

ALI ASGHAR TALEBI ◽

SAMIRA FARAHANI ◽

JOSE FERNANDEZ-TRIANA

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

Identification Key ◽

Palaearctic Species ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Three New Species ◽

The genus Choeras Mason, 1981 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Microgastrinae) in northern Iran is studied taxonomically. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010 and 2011. A total of five species were identified, three being new species which are described and illustrated: Choeras formosus Abdoli & Fernandez-Triana sp. nov., C. fulviventris Fernandez-Triana & Abdoli sp. nov. and C. qazviniensis Fernandez-Triana & Talebi sp. nov. Two species (i.e., C. taftanensis and C. tiro) are new provincial records. The number of Choeras species in Iran is now raised to seven. An identification key to all West Palaearctic species of Choeras is provided.

A new species of Hedya Hübner from Iran with proposed rearrangement of some species currently assigned to Metendothenia Diakonoff (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Zootaxa ◽

10.11646/zootaxa.2879.1.3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2879 (1) ◽

pp. 33 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

HELEN ALIPANAH ◽

JOAQUÍN BAIXERAS

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Combination ◽

Northern Iran ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

A New Species

Hedya tritofa, new species, is described and illustrated based on eleven males and five females collected in northern Iran (Gilan, Mazandaran, and Golestan provinces). Morphology and diagnostic characters of Hedya Hübner, 1825, Metendothenia Diakonoff, 1973, the Olethreutes group of genera, and the Neopotamia group of genera are discussed. We propose the resurrection of the combinations Hedya atropunctana (Zetterstedt, 1840), revised status, and H. separatana (Kearfott, 1907), revised status, and the new combination H. inouei (Kawabe, 1987).

Updated taxonomic circumscription of Chamaecrista sect. Absus subsect. Absus series Rigidulae (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae)

Phytotaxa ◽

10.11646/phytotaxa.462.1.1 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 462 (1) ◽

pp. 1-87

Author(s):

ALESSANDRO OLIVEIRA DE SOUZA ◽

MARCOS JOSÉ DA SILVA

Keyword(s):

Geographic Distribution ◽

New Records ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Minas Gerais ◽

Identification Key ◽

Central Plateau ◽

Diagnostic Characters ◽

Taxonomic Treatment

Anupdated circumscription and a taxonomic treatment of Chamaecrista sect. Absus subsect. Absus ser. Rigidulae is presented based on the results of previous phylogeny study where the series has emerged as monophyletic with exclusion of two species (C. brachyblepharis and C.ciliolata) and inclusion of two others species (C. botryoides and Ch. sincorana) in its circumscription. This revision resulted from consulting the specialized literature, analyzing of about 1400 collections from national and foreign herbaria. In this new circumscription, the series becomes the largest series of the genus with 32 species endemics to Brazil and distributed mainly in the Brazilian Central Plateau. Two new records in Brazilian states were reported, one to Bahia (Ch. feliciana) and two to Minas Gerais (Ch. benthamiana, Ch. rupestrium); an identification key of the species, morphologic descriptions, notes on taxonomy and geographic distribution of the taxa, conservation status, as well as illustrations and images of diagnostic characters are presented. In addition, the species typification remains updated with all categories indicated first with their respective barcodes.