we studied the pest and parasitoid fauna of cauliflower fields in southern tehran in 2011. in the course of our research the ichneumonid wasp barichneumon derogator (wesmael) of the subfamily ichneumoninae was collected and identified. this parasitoid attacks the larval stages of lepidopteran pests. the species b. derogator is newly recorded from iran.

the present study provides information about the cryptinae and ichneumoninae (hymenoptera: ichneumonidae) species collected from kerman province, during 2013. a total of 12 species belonging to 10 genera of these two subfamilies were collected and identified. they were cryptus inculcator (linnaeus, 1758); dichrogaster longicaudata (thomson, 1884); dichrogaster saharator (aubert, 1964) and mesos...

the ichneumonidae fauna of kerman province, iran, was surveyed in april 2013 to june 2014. in total, 35 species belonging to 22 genera and eight subfamilies were collected and identified, of which cryptus armator fabricius, 1804; enizemum schwarzi diller, 1987 and barichneumon gaullei berthoumieu, 1903 are new records for thefauna of iran. an updated list of ichneumonid species for kerman provi...