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Hassan Ghahari ¹, Shaaban Abd-Rabou ², Karl Johan Hedqvist ³, Jian Huang ⁴, Hadi Ostovan ⁵

Affiliations
1 Department of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University, Shahre Rey Branch, Tehran, IR
2 Plant Protection Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Dokki-Giza, EG
3 Hostvagen 1, SE-186 31, Vallentuna, SE
4 Plant Protection College, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002, CN
5 Department of Entomology, Islamic Azad University, Fars Science and Research Branch, IR

Abstract

The fauna of Iranian Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) is dealt with in this paper. A total of 43 aphelinid species from five genera (Aphelinus Dalman, Aphytis Howard, Coccobius Ratzeburg, Coccophagus Westwood and Pteroptrix Westwood) are listed in this paper. Additionally the hosts of some species are given.

Keywords

Aphelinidae, Fauna, New Record, Host, Iran.

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