New record of a genus and species of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Iran

Authors: ZAINAB ALSSADAT BAYEGAN, HOSSEIN LOTFALIZADEH, MOHAMMAD REZA ZARGARAN, RANA POORAIIOUBY

Abstract: Mymar taprobanicum (Ward) (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Mymaridae) is reported for the first time from Iran. Four female specimens were collected in a Malaise trap set up in a rice field in Guilan Province during the summer of 2012.

Keywords: Mymar, new record, Iran, fauna, distribution, parasitoid

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