New taxonomic position for a recently collected eurytomid species (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Iran

The seed-eater wasp, Bruchophagus verbasci (Erdös, ۱۹۶۹) comb. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Eurytomidae) is newly quoted from Iran. This species was originally described in the genus Eurytoma Illiger, ۱۸۰۷. Considering its morphological characters and the new finding of its biological association with some fabaceous plants, it was transferred to the genus, Bruchophagus Ashmead, ۱۸۸۸. It was redescribed and illustrated. Two fabaceous plant species, Astragalus brachydonatus Boiss. and Trigonella montana C. A. Mey. are revealed as host plants of B. verbasci for the first time. It is a new record for France, Morocco, and Turkey.

کلیدواژه ها:

Bruchophagus ، Fabaceae ، Eurytoma ، phytophagous ، Eurytomidae