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Additions to the knowledge of the tribe Phygadeuontini Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) in Iran, with the description of a new species

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Taxonomic and faunistic evidences for nine ichneumonid species that belong to seven genera of Phygadeuontini (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) occurring in Iran, are documented. The examined specimens were collected using Malaise traps and sweeping nets during 2013–2016 from various localities in Iran. Four new generic records, i.e., Charitopes Förster, 1869; Hemiteles Gravenhorst, 1829; Stibeutes Förster, 1850 and Theroscopus Förster, 1863, each represented by a single species, have been recorded as new for the fauna of Iran. Stibeutes amini sp. n. Zardouei & Rakhshani is described and illustrated. Five species, i.e., Charitopes carri (Roman, 1923), Gelis longicauda Bogacev, 1963, Hemiteles similis (Gmelin, 1790), Theroscopus hemipteron (Riche, 1791) and Zoophthorus macrops Bordera & Horstmann, 1995 are also recorded for the first time in the Iranian fauna. Detailed diagnoses, illustrations of the morphological characters of Phygadeuontini that occur in Iran are provided.

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This research was financially supported by the grant No. UOZ-GR–9719-28, University of Zabol. We thank Dr Stefan Schmidt (Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns Zoologische Staatssammlung, Hymenoptera Collection) for providing us the opportunity to study the necessary type material. We also thanks Z. Rahmani, H. A. Derafshan, M. Vafaei, M. Enayatnia, M. Ghafouri Moghadam and B. Motamedinia for their technical assistance.

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  1. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615–538, Zabol, Iran

    Maryam Zardouei Heydari, Ehsan Rakhshani & Azizollah Mokhtari

  2. Biologiezentrum, Johann Wilhelm Klein Straße 73, 4040, Linz, Austria

    Martin Schwarz

  3. Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 11855, Athens, Attica, Greece

    Nickolas G. Kavallieratos

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Zardouei Heydari, M., Rakhshani, E., Mokhtari, A. et al. Additions to the knowledge of the tribe Phygadeuontini Förster, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) in Iran, with the description of a new species. Biologia 77, 983–996 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-021-00982-9

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