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

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 ۲۰۲۱ to ۲۰۲۳. 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 ۱۱ species in ۱۰ genera belonging to six families: Eurytoma crassinervis Thomson, ۱۸۷۶; E. ochraceipes Kalina, ۱۹۷۰; Sycophila mellea Curtis, ۱۸۳۱; Tetramesa albomaculatum Ashmead, ۱۸۹۴ (Eurytomidae), Cerchysius subplanus Dalman, ۱۸۲۰; Mayridia formosula Mercet, ۱۹۲۱ (Encyrtidae), Asaphes suspensus Nees, ۱۸۳۴; Halticoptera patellana Dalman, ۱۸۱۸; Homoporus arestor Walker, ۱۸۴۸, Sphegigaster nigricornis Nees, ۱۸۳۴ (Pteromalidae) and Oodera formosa Giraud, ۱۸۶۳ (Ooderidae). Among the identified species, two are new records for the Iranian fauna: Eurytoma crassinervis and Tetramesa albomaculatum.

کلیدواژه ها:

common reed ، checklist ، biological control ، new record ، parasitoid ، West Azarbaijan