Discovery of Habritys brevicornis (Ratzeburg, 1844) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in the Middle-East
2015
Maliheh Hassan-Pashai-Mehr (Department of Plant Protection, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz Branch, Tabriz, Iran.) | Hossein Lotfalizadeh (Department of Plant Protection, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources ResearchCenter, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tabriz, Iran)
Within collection of the family Pteromalidae from Northwest of Iran, some female specimens of the genus Habritys Thomson were found. The specimens were collected by a Malaise trap and identified as Habritys brevicornis (Ratzeburg, 1844). This is first record of the genus Habritys and species H. brevicornis from Iran and Middle-East. Diagnostic morphological characters, host associations and geographical distribution of the newly recorded species are briefly discussed.
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