First record of 3 species of Parasitoid wasps on Coccoidea from Iran

During faun survey on parasitoids wasps of Coccoidea in Mazandaran province (north of Iran) collected two species of the family Encyrtidae and one species of Aphelinidae family (2010-2013). One species collected from Chionaspis salicis on Salix acmophylla from Amool in April 2012. This parasitoid was later identified as Adelencyrtus brachycaudae Xu& Shi, 1999. The other species was collected from Planococcus citri on Citrus aurantum from Jouybar in April 2013. This parasitoid identified as Clausenia purpurea Ishii, 1933.Theses parasitoid wasps belonging to Encyrtidae. Also Coccophagus yoshidae Nakayama, 1921 collected from Coccus hesperidum on Euonymus fortune from Sari in September 2013. This parasitoid wasp belonging to Aphelinidae. All of these parasitoid wasps identified by Dr. Zhi Hong Xu from China. These parasitoid wasps are new for Iranian fauna.