A Taxonomic Study of the Genus Exallonyx (Hym.: Proctotrupidae) in Northern Iran, with Six New Records for Iranian Fauna

Authors
M. Izadizadeh 1
A. A. Talebi 1
V. A. Kolyada 2
E. Rakhshani 3
1 Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran.
2 Zoological Museum of Moscow University, 6 Bol'shaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow, 103009, Russia.
3 Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.
Abstract
A survey on the genus Exallonyx Kieffer, 1904 (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) was conducted in northern Iran. The specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011. The genus Exallonyx and six species were collected and identified for the first time from Iran: Exallonyx ater (Gravenhorst, 1807), E. brevicornis (Haliday, 1839), E. formicarius Kieffer, 1904, E. ligatus (Nees, 1834), E. minor Townes, 1981 and E. nixoni Townes, 1981. A key is presented for identification of Exallonyx species occurring in northern Iran.

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Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology
Volume 17, Issue 5
September and October 2015
Pages 1171-1182