Faunistic study and host range of encyrtid parasitoids (Hym., Encyrtidae) collected in some parts of Lorestan and Markazi provinces of Iran

The encyrtid parasitoids (Hym., Encyrtidae) of scale insects (Hem., Coccoidea) were investigated during 2008 in some parts of Lorestan and Markazi provinces. A total of eleven species were collected and identified. According to the available literature, two species which marked with an asterisk are reported for the first time from Iran: Blastothrix sericea (Dalman, 1820) Discodes coccophagus (Ratzeburg, 1848) Encyrtus aurantii (Geoffory, 1785) Microterys cuprinus (Nikolskaya, 1952)* Microterys hortulanus Erdos, 1956 Cheiloneurus claviger Thomson, 1876 Habrolepis dalamanii (Westwood, 1837) Zaomma lambinus (Walker, 1837) Metaphycus lounsburyi (Howard, 1898) Metaphycus chermis (Fonscolombe, 1832)* Metaphycus sp. Morphological characters, host range and geographical distribution of the two new species from Iran have been presented and discussed.