Study on the species diversity of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) in some regions of Tehran province, Iran

Species diversity of Ichneumonid wasps (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonoidea, Ichneumonidae) was studied in some regions of Tehran province. In total 17 species within eight subfamilies, Anomaloninae Viereck, 1918, Banchinae Wesmael, 1845, Campopleginae Förster, 1869, Cremastinae Förster, 1869, Cryptinae Kirby, 1837, Ichneumoninae Latreille, 1802, Pimplinae Wesmael, 1845, and Tryphoninae Shuckard, 1840 were collected and identified. All the species are related to 14 genera including, Barylypa Förster, 1869, Lissonota Gravenhorst 1829, Charops Holmgren, 1859, Dusona Cameron 1901, Pristomerus Curtis, 1836, Temelucha Meyrick, 1909, Cryptus Fabricius, 1804, Glyphicnemis Förster, 1869, Ischnus Gravenhorst, 1829, Meringopus (Förster, 1868), Ichneumon Linnaeus, 1758, Virgichneumon Heinrich, 1977, Itoplectis Förster 1869, and Tryphon Fallén, 1813. Three species, Charops cantator (De Geer, 1778), Dusona contumax Förster, 1868 and Temelucha genalis (Szépligeti, 1899) are new records for the fauna of Iran. In this research, seven species of moth (Lepidoptera) related to four families Lasiocampidae, Tortricidae, Noctuidae and Nymphalidae were determined as the hosts of the collected ichneumonids.