از ايران )HYM: CHALCIDOIDEA( بررسي ويژگي هاي ريخت شناسي چهارگونه جديد از زنبورهاي پارازيتوييد شپشك ها

Study on the Morphological Features of Four New Species of Scale Insects Parasitoids (Hym.: Chalcidoidea) from Iran

During 2001-2003, a study was conducted to identify parasitoids of scale insects (Horn.:Coccoidea) in some provinces of Iran. Samples were taken from infested trees in different localities and kept in insect boxes under room conditions. Among the samples three species of encyrtids including Metaphycus claviger (Timberlake), Metaphycus pulvinariae (Howard) and Microterys nuticaudatus Xu were identified as parasitoids of Coccus hesperidum (L.) from Shiraz, Didesmococcus unfasciatus (Arcbangelskaya) from Shend Abad (Shabestar, East Azarbaijan), Parthenolecanium corni (Bouche) (Horn.: Coccidae) from Tehran and Aphytis hispanicus (Mercet) (Hym.: Aphelinidae), as parasitoids of Aulacaspis rosae (Bouche) (Horn.: Diaspididae) from Karaj, respectively. These four species are new records for Iranian fauna of Hymenoptera.