First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with description of a new species

Mohammad Izadizadeh; Ali Asghar Talebi; Cornelis Van Achterberg; Ehsan Rakhshani

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.6

First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with description of a new species

Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 13;3946(4):577-82. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.6.

Authors

Mohammad Izadizadeh¹, Ali Asghar Talebi², Cornelis Van Achterberg³, Ehsan Rakhshani⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran.; Email: mohamadizadizade@yahoo.com.
² Affiliation: unknown; Email: talebia@modares.ac.ir.
³ Senior Researcher & Curator Hymenoptera, Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Postbox 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.; Email: c.vanachterberg@xs4all.nl.
⁴ Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.; Email: rakhshani@uoz.ac.ir.

PMID: 25947710
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.6

Abstract

For the first time in more than 100 years, a new western Palaearctic species of Heloridae is described. Specimens of Helorus alborzicus Izadizadeh, van Achterberg & Talebi sp. nov. and Helorus ruficornis Förster were collected from the Alborz province of Iran. An illustrated identification key for Western Palaearctic Heloridae is provided.

MeSH terms

Animals
Female
Iran
Male
Wasps / anatomy & histology
Wasps / classification*