A study on the family Eulophidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Iran

H. Ghahari & Z.A. Yefremova

Abstract. Twenty-eight eulophid species from 12 genera of the Eulophidae are collected in Iran. Of them, 2 genera and 8 species are new record for Iranian fauna.
Key words: Eulophinae, Tetrastichinae, Entedoninae, fauna, Iran

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2013, 22(2): 303-310  ▪  Published in print 25 December 2013


https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2013.22.2.303  ▪  Open full article  

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