New records of Cryptinae Kirby, 1837 and Ichneumoninae Latreille, 1802 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) for Iran

Subject Areas : entomology and othea arthropods

F. Firuzi Jahantighi ¹ , H. Barahoei ² , R. Vafaei-Shoushtari ³ , E. Rakhshani ⁴

1 - Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch, Arak, Iran
2 - Department of Biology, Institute of Agricultural Research, University of Zabol, Iran
3 - Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Arak, Iran
4 - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Iran

Received: 2011-10-21 Accepted : 2011-12-29 Published : 2013-02-19

Keywords:

Abstract :

Five species of Ichneumonidae are recorded from Sistan and Baluchestan province includingCryptus inculcator (Linnaeus, 1758), Dichrogaster saharator (Aubert, 1964) and Stilpnus gagates (Gravenhorst, 1807) from the subfamily Cryptinae and Cratichneumon sp. and Thyraeella collaris (Gravenhorst, 1829) from the subfamily Ichneumoninae. S. gagates and T. collaris species noted here, are reported for the first time from Iran. Both species are representing the first record of two respective genera. Morphological characters of two newly recorded species are briefly described along with brief diagnostic comments and discussion about their distribution.