PARASITOIDS (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA) OF THE SEED EATER WEEVIL, OXYSTOMA OCHROPUS (GERMAR) (COLEOPTERA: APIONIDAE) IN NORTHWESTERN IRAN

Authors

  • Hossein Lotfalizadeh East-Azarbaijan Research Center for Agriculture & Natural Resources Tabriz, P.O. Box: 5355179854
  • HASHEMI SEYED-MEHDI Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil branch, Ardabil, Iran

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.44652

Abstract

 

To study Oxystoma ochropus (Germar, 1818) parasitoids on grass pea (Lathyrus sativus), weekly sampling was done inNamin, Ardabil Province, Iran, during 2011, and samples were transferred to laboratory conditions. In this study, fourparasitic wasps of three chalcidoid families were determined. These parasitoids were Eupelmus microzonus Förster,1860 (Eupelmidae), Eurytoma laserpitii Mayr, 1878 (Eurytomidae), Pteromalus chlorospilus (Walker, 1834) andPteromalus sequester Walker, 1835 (Pteromalidae). The species P. chlorospilus is a new record for Iranian fauna. Inaddition, all established trophic associations of the analyzed parasitoids with O. ochropus as their host are new for theinvestigated territory.

Author Biographies

  • Hossein Lotfalizadeh, East-Azarbaijan Research Center for Agriculture & Natural Resources Tabriz, P.O. Box: 5355179854
    Department of Plant Protection
  • HASHEMI SEYED-MEHDI, Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil branch, Ardabil, Iran
    Young Researchers Club, Islamic Azad University, Ardabil branch, Ardabil, Iran

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PARASITOIDS (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA) OF THE SEED EATER WEEVIL, OXYSTOMA OCHROPUS (GERMAR) (COLEOPTERA: APIONIDAE) IN NORTHWESTERN IRAN. (2015). Acta Entomologica Serbica, 20, 145-150. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.44652

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