Abstract
The present study is based on the genus Bracon Fabricius collected from the Khuzestan province in the southwestern part of Iran during 2016–2017. In total, 35 species including one subspecies were collected and identified, of which 10 species are recorded for the first time from Iran and Bracon (Osculobracon) pelliger rumezensis Samartsev & Zargar ssp. n. is described. In addition, 24 species are recorded for the first time from Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. Brief diagnoses with illustrations for new records from Iran and a faunistic list with distribution data are provided.
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Ameri, A., Talebi, A.A., Beyarslan, A., Kamali, K. & Rakhshani, E. (2014) Study of the genus Bracon Fabricius, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Southern Iran with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 3754 (4), 353‒380.
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https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1404-62
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https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1611-68
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.2
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https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1404-62
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https://doi.org/10.1603/EC12518
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Iranmanesh, M., Changizi, M., Madjdzadeh, S.M. & Samartsev, K. (2018) A faunistic survey of the Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Kerman province, Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 38 (2), 235‒246.
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Papp, J. (1999) Bracon (Glabrobracon) dilatus sp. n. from Iran and Iraq with taxonomical remarks on several related species (Hyemnoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 60, 269‒282.
Papp, J. (2005) A revision of the Bracon (Lucobracon) species described by Szepligeti from the western Palaearctic Region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae). Annales Historico Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 97, 197‒224.
Papp, J. (2008) A revision of the Bracon (subgenera Bracon s.str., Cyanopterobracon, Glabrobracon, Lucobracon, Osculobracon subgen.n., Pigeria) species described by Szépligeti from the western Palaearctic Region (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Braconinae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge, 40/1, 1741‒1837.
Papp, J. (2012) A revision of the Bracon Fabricius species in Wesmael’s collection deposited in Brussels (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 21, 1‒154.
https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2012.21
Rahmani, Z., Rakhshani, E, Samartsev, K. & Mokhtari, A. (2017) A survey of the genera Bracon Fabricius, 1804 and Habrobracon Ashmead, 1895 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Braconinae) in Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 41, 1‒20.
https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1611-68
Rajabi Mazhar, A., Samartsev, K., Goldasteh, Sh. & Farahani, S. (2019) Additional evidence and new records of the subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Western Iran. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics, 5 (2), 87–94.
Rastegar, J., Sakenin, H., Khodaparast, S. & Havaskary, M. (2012) On a collection of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from East Azarbaijan and vicinity, Iran. Calodema, 226, 1‒ 4.
Sakenin Chelav, H., Coronado Blanco, J.M., Samin, N. & Fischer, M. (2018) New records of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from Iran. Far Eastern Entomologist, 362, 13‒16.
https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.362.2
Sakenin Chelav, H., Naderian, H., Samin, N., Rastegar, J., Tabari, M. & Papp, J. (2012) On a collection of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from northern Iran. Linzer biologische Beitrage 44 (2), 1319‒1330.
Samin, N. (2015) A faunistic study on the Braconidae of Iran (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea). Arquivos Entomoloxicos, 13: 339–345.
Samin, N., Coronado-Blanco, J.M., G. Kavallieratos, N., Fischer, M. & Chelav, H.S. (2018) Recent Findings on Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of Iran with an Updated Checklist. Acta Biologica Turcia, 31 (4), 160‒173.
Samin, N., Sakemin, H., Imani, S. & Shojai, M. (2011) A study on the Braconidae (Hymenoptera) of Khorasan province and vicinity, Northeastern Iran. Phagea, 39 (4), 137‒143.
United Nations Statistics Division (2019) Geographic Regions, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, New York, United States of America. Available from: https://unstats.un.org/unsd/methodology/m49/ (accessed 25 August 2019)
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