Occurrence of the rare aphid parasitoid Praon bicolor Mackauer, 1959 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) in central Asia | ||
| Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics | ||
| Article 3, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-15 PDF (959.79 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||
| Authors | ||
| Samira Farahani* 1; Ali Asghar Talebi2; Hossein Barahoei3 | ||
| 1Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran | ||
| 2Department of Agricultural Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, 14115-336, Tehran, I.R. Iran | ||
| 3Institute of Agricultural Research, University of Zabol, 98615-538, I.R. Iran | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A seldom collected parasitoid of the pine aphids, Praon bicolor Mackauer, 1959, was captured in Malaise traps, mounted near the pine forests of Alborz Province (north central of Iran). It is the first record of this species from Iran and from the central Asian area. A brief diagnosis according to the morphological characters is presented and the host range within the conifers aphid parasitoids is also discussed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Northern Iran; central Alborz; Pine forest; new record | ||
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