Additions to the chalcidoid fauna (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Iraq: New records of the genera Chalcis Fabricius, and Iridophaga Picard

Chalcidoid wasps (Chalcidoidea) are the most diverse and biologically significant superfamily of Hymenoptera in terms of richness and ecological variation. Specimens of the Chalcis sispes (Linnaeus, ۱۷۶۰) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) and Iridophaga lichtensteini Picard, ۱۹۳۳ Hymenoptera: Torymidae) were collected using sweep nets and identified for the first record from Iraq (Basrah environs). The study includes biological notes, key morphological characters, and supporting photographs of the species.

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Diagnosis ، fauna ، parasitoid ، Soldier flies ، Western Asia