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Occurrence of the rare root aphid parasitoid, Aclitus obscuripennis (Hymeoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran

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The sampling surveys were conducted in the northern Iran, using several Malaise traps, during 2010–2011. A single specimen of a rare root aphid parasitoid, Aclitus obscuripennis Förster, 1862 (Hym.: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) was identified among the collected specimens. This is the first record of the genus Aclitus in Iran and western Asian area. Aclitus obscuripennis is re-described and illustrated and its occurrence in Iran is discussed. Additional specimens from central Europe were examined and compared. Our findings introduced a new tritrophic ecological system to be further investigated in upcoming studies

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  1. Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization, (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

    Samira Farahani

  2. Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Entomology, Tarbiat Modares University, P.O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran

    Ali Asghar Talebi

  3. Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 37005, České Budejovice, Czech Republic

    Petr Starý

  4. Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, P.O. Box 98615-538, Iran

    Ehsan Rakhshani

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Farahani, S., Asghar Talebi, A., Starý, P. et al. Occurrence of the rare root aphid parasitoid, Aclitus obscuripennis (Hymeoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran. Biologia 72, 1494–1498 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1515/biolog-2017-0167

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