ABSTRACT The families Cleonymidae and Ooderidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) were studied in Eastern (Sistan-o Baluchestan and North Khorasan), Central (Isfahan), South Eastern (Kerman) and Western (Kermanshah) provinces of Iran. Four genera were collected: Agrilocida Steffan; Callocleonymus Masi; Notanisus Walker (Cleonymidae); and Oodera Westwood (Ooderidae). The monotypic genus Agrilocida, represented by A. ferrierei Steffan, is a new record for Iran. Oodera punctulata Rahmani and Rakhshani sp. nov. is newly described. http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:A0ABC115-37EE-4478-AABA-8B585AAF5847