Parasitoids of the ladybird beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) in Iran: an update

Over the past few decades, many records of the parasitoids parasitizing Coccinellidae have been reported from Iran. Some of them, presented in hard to access conference proceedings, theses, older books and journal articles, were then inaccurately quoted in other papers. Furthermore, some other recor...

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Published in:Annales de la Société entomologique de France 2020-03, Vol.56 (2), p.106-114
Main Authors: Biranvand, Amir, Nedvĕd, Oldřich, Karimi, Samira, Vahedi, Hassanali, Hesami, Shahram, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Ajamhasani, Maryam, Ceryngier, Piotr
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Language:English
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Dinocampus coccinellae
Diptera
Homalotylus
Hymenoptera
Hyperaspis pseudopustulata
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Summary:Over the past few decades, many records of the parasitoids parasitizing Coccinellidae have been reported from Iran. Some of them, presented in hard to access conference proceedings, theses, older books and journal articles, were then inaccurately quoted in other papers. Furthermore, some other records were subsequently considered misidentifications and the corrected identity of the parasitoids was proposed in later published papers. Due to the accumulation of that misleading information, we decided to gather and critically evaluate all available Iranian data on the parasitoids of Coccinellidae. To the review presented here we also added new data on the parasitism of Coccinella septempunctata L. by a braconid Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank) in the Lorestan province and on the parasitism of Hyperaspis pseudopustulata Mulsant by an encyrtid Homalotylus flaminius (Dalman) in the Kermanshah province. Hyperaspis pseudopustulata is a new host for H. flaminius, and is also a species new to the fauna of Iran. Altogether, our review revealed one species of dipteran and 16 species of hymenopteran parasitoids associated with Coccinellidae in Iran. The identity of some of those species, however, seems uncertain and should be re-examined.
ISSN:0037-9271
2168-6351
DOI:10.1080/00379271.2020.1717378