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  • An updated checklist of Iranian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea).
    Zootaxa, 2017
    Co-Authors: Majid Fallahzadeh, George Japoshvili
    Abstract:

    An updated checklist of Iranian Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) is presented based on literature records from 1947–2016. The current list includes 159 species representing 48 genera. Parasitoid-host associations in Iran and distributional data are also provided. Twelve Encyrtid species (7.55%) are known only from Iran but a high number of species (68 species, 42.77%) are widely distributed in the Palaearctic region. Four species previously listed from Iran, Metaphycus angustifrons Compere, 1957, Homalotylus ephippium (Ruschka, 1923), H. sinensis Xu & He, 1997, and Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Howard, 1910) are no longer considered present. Hosts of Iranian Encyrtid species are tabulated by order and family, with the majority being Hemiptera (66.98%), followed by Lepidoptera and Coleoptera (each 9.44%), Diptera (6.60%), Hymenoptera (4.71%) and Neuroptera (2.83%). The majority of Encyrtidae known in Iran are parasitoids of the superfamily Coccoidea (46.22%). Host-plant associations of Iranian Encyrtidae are also tabulated, by plant family.

  • Fauna of Encyrtidae, parasitoids of coccids in Golcuk Natural Park
    ENTOMOLOGIA HELLENICA, 2017
    Co-Authors: George Japoshvili, Hüseyin Çelik
    Abstract:

    Species of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), which are parasitoids of Coccoidea, were collected by malaise trap in Golcuk Natural Park during March-October, 2009. Forty-four species of Encyrtids, belonging to 24 genera, were recorded during our survey. Two genera and nine species were found to represent new records for the Turkish fauna. Twenty-eight Encyrtid species were identified to the species level and the remaining specimens to genus and morphospecies level. This was the first attempt at estimating the scale insect fauna using their parasitoids collected by malaise traps.

  • A contribution to the knowledge of the Encyrtid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from southern Iran, with four new records
    2016
    Co-Authors: Majid Fallahzadeh, George Japoshvili, Nazila Saghaei
    Abstract:

    Corresponding author: Majid Fallahzadeh, E-mail:mfalahm@yahoo.com Copyright © 2016, Fallahzadehet al.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. A contribution to the knowledge of the Encyrtid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Encyrtidae) from southern Iran, with four new records

  • First report of Cheiloneurus exitiosus (Perkins, 1906) and Helegonatopus dimorphus (Hoffer, 1954) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from Japan, with remarks on their abundance in rice paddies
    Biodiversity data journal, 2016
    Co-Authors: Toshiharu Mita, Hironobu Handa, Yoshimitsu Higashiura, George Japoshvili
    Abstract:

    BACKGROUND Encyrtid secondary parasitoids of Delphacidae have not been recorded in Japan. However, they may play an important role in the rice ecosystem because they can reduce the number of Dryinidae, the natural enemies of rice planthoppers. NEW INFORMATION We found two Encyrtid species, Cheiloneurus exitiosus (Perkins, 1906) and Helegonatopus dimorphus (Hoffer, 1954), from rice paddies and the surrounding environment. Haplogonatopus oratorius (Westwood, 1833) and Anteon sp. were newly recognized as hosts of He. dimorphus. Parasitism of C. exitiosus was rare, but He. dimorphus was common in Kumamoto Prefecture. The sex ratio (male proportion) and clutch size of He. dimorphus was estimated as 0.19 and 4.95, respectively.

  • Corrections to the List of Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Iran
    Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 2013
    Co-Authors: Majid Fallahzadeh, George Japoshvili
    Abstract:

    The present paper gives a corrected list of Iranian Encyrtids published with some errors by different authors. We list 132 species belonging to 45 genera.

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