Mahla Shojaey - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Mohammad Khayrandish - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Seyed Massoud Madjdzadeh - Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Hossein Lotfalizadeh - Plant Protection Research Department, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran

The pteromalids fauna (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae) was studied in southern areas of Kerman province. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps and sweeping net during March ۲۰۱۶ to August ۲۰۱۷. Seven species of Pteromalidae collected and identified. Among them, four species viz. Halticoptera andriescui Mitroiu, ۲۰۰۵, Ksenoplata quadrata Bouček, ۱۹۶۵ (Miscogastrinae), Systasis parvula Thomson, ۱۸۷۶ (Ormocerinae) and Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis, ۱۸۳۹ (Spalangiinae) were recorded for the first time from Kerman province. The genus Rhicnocoelia is newly recorded from Iran, represented by a single species, Rhicnocoelia impar (Walker, ۱۸۳۶). A brief discussion is given for the Miscogastrinae, Ormocerinae and Spalangiinae fauna of Kerman province.

Rhicnocoelia impar, Fauna, New record, Iran, Rhicnocoelia impar, فون, گزارش جدید, ایران