Parasitoids of the ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Iran: an update |
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Authors: | Amir Biranvand Old?ich Nedv?d Samira Karimi Hassanali Vahedi Shahram Hesami Hossein Lotfalizadeh |
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Institution: | 1. Young Researchers and Elite Club, Khorramabad Branch, Islamic Azad University , Khorramabad, Iran;2. Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia , ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic;3. Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences , ?eské Budějovice, Czech Republic;4. Department of Plant Protection, Campus of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Razi University , Kermanshah, Iran;5. Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University , Shiraz, Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8537-409X;6. Plant Protection Research Department, East Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research &7. Education Center, AREEO , Tabriz, Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7927-819X |
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Abstract: | Summary Over the past few decades, many records of the parasitoids parasitizing Coccinellidae have been reported from Iran. Some of them, presented in hard to access conference proceedings, theses, older books and journal articles, were then inaccurately quoted in other papers. Furthermore, some other records were subsequently considered misidentifications and the corrected identity of the parasitoids was proposed in later published papers. Due to the accumulation of that misleading information, we decided to gather and critically evaluate all available Iranian data on the parasitoids of Coccinellidae. To the review presented here we also added new data on the parasitism of Coccinella septempunctata L. by a braconid Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank) in the Lorestan province and on the parasitism of Hyperaspis pseudopustulata Mulsant by an encyrtid Homalotylus flaminius (Dalman) in the Kermanshah province. Hyperaspis pseudopustulata is a new host for H. flaminius, and is also a species new to the fauna of Iran. Altogether, our review revealed one species of dipteran and 16 species of hymenopteran parasitoids associated with Coccinellidae in Iran. The identity of some of those species, however, seems uncertain and should be re-examined. |
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Keywords: | Dinocampus coccinellae Diptera Homalotylus Hymenoptera Hyperaspis pseudopustulata new record |
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