A new species of Norbanus Walker (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) and six new records from Iraq

Abstract

Based on the collection from Karbala, southern Iraq, seven species from six genera of the family Pteromalidae were identified. All of the genera are the first records of the fauna of Iraq. Norbanus tabatabaeii Lotfalizadeh & Alsendi sp. nov. was described from Iraq and compared with closely allied species of the genus in the Palaearctic region. Six species were recorded for the first time in Iraq: Catolaccus crassiceps (Masi), Goidanichium atrum Bouček, Merisus splendidus Walker, Notanisus vanharteni Gibson, N. versicolor Walker, and Systasis encyrtoides Walker.

http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:689800C9-5660-48BB-9444-791F543B4260

Keywords:

• Parasitoid
• fauna
• wasps
• Chalcidoidea
• Middle East

Acknowledgements

The authors appreciate the support of the East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, the Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP), and the Department of Plant Protection, University of Karbala. We are greatly indebted to Jean-Yves Rasplus (CBGP, University of Montpellier, CIRAD, INRA, IRD, Montpellier SupAgro, Montpellier, France) for hosting HL in his laboratory and providing the facility for new species photography.

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