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The Chalcidoid wasp assemblage (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with the common reed, Phragmites australis in Iran

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: Samples of the common reed, Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud. (Poaceae), were collected in a survey conducted in the south of West Azarbaijan province, Iran, from 2021 to 2023. The plant tissues were transported to the Entomology Laboratory of Urmia University, where chalcidoid wasps were obtained through laboratory rearing. The chalcidoid wasps obtained from the laboratory rearing included 11 species in 10 genera belonging to six families: Eurytoma crassinervis Thomson, 1876; E. ochraceipes Kalina, 1970; Sycophila mellea Curtis, 1831; Tetramesa albomaculatum Ashmead, 1894 (Eurytomidae), Cerchysius subplanus Dalman, 1820; Mayridia formosula Mercet, 1921 (Encyrtidae), Asaphes suspensus Nees, 1834; Halticoptera patellana Dalman, 1818; Homoporus arestor Walker, 1848, Sphegigaster nigricornis Nees, 1834 (Pteromalidae) and Oodera formosa Giraud, 1863 (Ooderidae). Among the identified species, two are new records for the Iranian fauna: Eurytoma crassinervis and Tetramesa albomaculatum.

Source: Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics

DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.2.379

Authors: Samaneh Salimi, Younes Karimpour, Hossein Lotfalizadeh

Institutions: Urmia University, Agricultural Research & Education Organization

Language: English

Topic: Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Urmia University

OpenAlex ID: W4408504825