زنبور Eurytoma tilicola Hedqvist, 1966 (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): گزارش جدید برای فون ایران

The family of Eurytomidae comprises 97 genera, 1453 species whose larvae exhibit a greater range of habits than any other family of Chalcidoidea. This family is variably classified into different subfamilies. Most morphological and molecular phylogenetic studies confirmed polyphyly of the family. The family is currently divided into four subfamilies, Buresiinae, Eurytominae, Heimbrinae and Rileyinae. Members of Eurytomidae have surprisingly high diversity in host associations as phytophagous and entomophagous groups. The studied specimen was collected in the spring of 2019 using the malaise trap from the west of the country. The collection was made in the Kordestan province, Bukan, 36°35’36”N, 45°57’32”E, 1615m 7 June 2019, 1 female. It belongs to the subfamily Eurytominae and the genus Eurytoma illiger that was identified Eurytoma tilicola Hedqvist, 1966. Some of the important morphological features of this species are as follow: Gena below lower margin of eye orbit without shining area edged by large alveoli, eyes usually distinctly edged; mesosternal carina in form of triangular; marginal vein long, 1.8–2.0 times as long as stigmal vein, postmarginal vein is less than as long as marginal vein; gaster of female black, laterally slightly compressed, faintly narrower than mesosoma (dorsal view); metasomal petiole of abdomen longer than width, not less than twice as long as hind coxa. This species is widely distributed in Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy and Sweden. This is the new record of E. tilicola from Iran. This species is mentioned in the literatures as a parasitoid of bark beetles of the families Buprestidae and Cerambycidae. The collected wasp is deposited in the Entomological collection of the Agricultural Research and Natural Resources Center of East Azerbaijan Province.