New species and new record of Chelonini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from western Iran

Alireza Rajabi Mazhar,Samira Farahani,Cornelis Van Achterberg,Shila Goldasteh

doi:10.3906/zoo-1711-9

Abstract

In 2015 and 2016, the occurrence of the tribe Chelonini (Braconidae, Cheloninae) in the province of Hamadan (western Iran) was surveyed using malaise traps. In total, 12 species were discovered. Chelonus (C.) olgae Kokujev, 1895 is new to the fauna of Iran and one species, Chelonus (Microchelonus) subpamiricus Farahani & van Achterberg sp. nov., is new to science. The diagnostic characters and supplementary illustrations of the newly recorded species are provided.

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Cheloninae Foerster, 1863, is a large subfamily of Braconidae (Hym.: Ichneumonoidea) with 1523 described species worldwide (Yu et al, 2016)
We describe a new species for science of the genus Chelonus from Iran, as well as presenting the faunistic data for other Chelonini from
In the present study, 12 Chelonini species were collected and identified from Hamadan Province of Iran, of which Chelonus (Chelonus) olgae Kokujev, 1895 is new to the fauna of Iran and Chelonus (Microchelonus) subpamiricus Farahani & van Achterberg sp. n. is new to science

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Cheloninae Foerster, 1863, is a large subfamily of Braconidae (Hym.: Ichneumonoidea) with 1523 described species worldwide (Yu et al, 2016). Several species were recorded from Iran by Tobias (1976, 1986), Hedwig (1957), and Huddleston (1984). Based on the latest checklist of Iranian Braconidae (Farahani et al, 2016), only scattered records of Chelonini from western Iran (Kordestan, Lorestan, Kermanshah, and Ilam provinces) have been published. Farahani et al (2013, 2014) studied the tribe Chelonini and reported 12 species from northern Iran. 67 species of the subfamily Cheloninae are known from Iran, but many are waiting to be discovered (Farahani et al, 2016), considering the number known from the West Palaearctic region. We describe a new species for science of the genus Chelonus from Iran, as well as presenting the faunistic data for other Chelonini from

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