First report of Barichneumon derogator (Hym.: Ichneumonidae: Ichneumoninae) from Iran

We studied the pest and parasitoid fauna of cauliflower fields in southern Tehran in 2011. In the course of our research the Ichneumonid wasp Barichneumon derogator (Wesmael) of the subfamily Ichneumoninae was collected and identified. This parasitoid attacks the larval stages of lepidopteran pests. The species B. derogator is newly recorded from Iran

First report of the parasitoid wasp Aneuclis melanaria (Hym.: Ichneumonidae: Tersilochinae) from Iran

In 2013, we launched a project to collect and identify the insects, which were associated with the pistachio gall aphid species Forda hirsuta Mordv. and Slavum mordvilovi Kreutz in Tang-Shekan region of the city of Arsanjan in the province of Fars. We collected the ichneumonid wasp Aneuclis melanaria (Holmgren) of the subfamily Tersilochinae on the aphid populations of S. mordvilovi. This parasitoid wasp is a new record for the fauna of Iran

First record of the parasitoid wasp Macrocentrus oriens (Hym.: Braconidae, Macrocentrinae) from Iran

A survey was conducted to study the parasitoid wasps associated with the pistachio gall aphids, Forda hirsuta and Slavum mordvilcovi on Pistacia atlantica,in the southern Iranian Fars province during 2013. The overwintering galls were randomly collected and reared inside plastic jars at room temperature until the emergence of adults wasps . We identified the species Macrocentrus oriens (van Achterberg & Belokobylskij 1987) (Hym.: Braconidae, Macrocentrinae) and report it here from Iran for the first time