© Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at Linzer biol. Beitr. 45/1 671-672 31.7.2013 First records of Alloxysta ramulifera (THOMSON 1862) (Hymenoptera: Figitade) and Asaphes vulgaris WALKER 1834 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from Iran M. FERRER-SUAY, J. SELFA, S. FADAYIVATAN, J. KARIMI & J. PUJADE-VILLAR Four parasitoids species have been identified after studying the related fauna of Sipha maydis (PASSERINI 1860) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in North East Iran: 1(cid:1) Alloxysta arcuata (KIEFFER 1902), 2(cid:1)(cid:1) Alloxysta ramulifera (THOMSON 1862), 2(cid:1)(cid:1) Phaenoglyphis villosa (HARTIG 1841) (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae), and 3(cid:2)(cid:2) Asaphes vulgaris WALKER 1834 (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). The mummies samples were collected by S. FADAYIVATAN on 12 June 2012, from wheat field in Mashhad (Iran) and the adults emerged on 16 June 2012. Charipinae are biologically characterized being secondary parasitoids of aphids via Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) and Aphelininae (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) and secondary parasitoids of psyllids via Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) (MENKE & EVENHUIS 1991). Until now there were 15 Charipinae species present in Iran (FERRER-SUAY et al. 2012a): Alloxysta arcuata (KIEFFER 1902), A. brevis (THOMSON 1862), A. castanea (HARTIG 1841), A. citripes (THOMSON 1862), A. erythrothorax (HARTIG 1840), A. fuscicornis (HARTIG 1841), A. macrophadna (HARTIG 1841), A. melanogaster (HARTIG 1840), A. mullensis (CAMERON 1883), A. pusilla (KIEFFER 1902), A. ruficollis (CAMERON 1883), A. tscheki (GIRAUD 1860), A. ullrichi (GIRAUD 1860), A. victrix (WESTWOOD 1833), and Phaenoglyphis villosa (HARTIG 1841), then Alloxysta ramulifera is a new record from Iran. The main morphological features of this species could be found in FERRER-SUAY et al. (2012b). On the other hand, Pteromalidae constitute one of the richest families within Chalcidoidea. Asaphinae subfamily is biologically characterized being also secondary parasitoids of aphids via Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). According to NOYES (2012) Asaphes vulgaris is a first record from Iran. The main morphological features of this species could be found in GRAHAM (1969) and biology in NOYES (2012). Acknowledgements We are very grateful to Olivera Petrovic-Obradovic (Belgrade University) for determining the Aphid species. This research was supported by the projects CGL2008-00180 and CGL2011-2288 of the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (Spain) and the grant AP2009-4833 of the Ministerio de Educación (Spain). © Biologiezentrum Linz/Austria; download unter www.biologiezentrum.at 672 Literature FERRER-SUAY M., SELFA J., SECO-FERNÁNDEZ M.V., MELIKA G., ALIPOUR A., RAKHSHANI E., TALEBI A.A. & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (2012a): Contribution to the knowledge of Charipinae from Iran (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) associating with aphids (Hemiptera: Aphididae), including new records. — North-Western Journal of Zoology (in press). FERRER-SUAY M., SELFA J. & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (2012b): Revision of Hartig collection of Alloxysta genus deposited in Zoologische Staatssammlung Museum (Munich). — Spixiana (in revision). GRAHAM M.W.R. de V. (1969): The Pteromalidae of North-Western Europe (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). — Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, Suppl. 16: 1-908. MENKE A.S. &. H.H. EVENHUIS (1991): North American Charipidae: key to genera, nomenclature, species checklists, and a new species of Dilyta FÖRSTER (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea). — Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 93: 136-158. NOYES J.S. (2012): Universal Chalcidoidea Database. — World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/chalcidoids. Authors' addresses: Mar FERRER-SUAY (Corresponding author) Juli PUJADE-VILLAR Universitat de Barcelona Facultat de Biologia Departament de Biologia Animal Avda. Diagonal 645 E-08028-Barcelona, Spain E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Jesus SELFA Universitat de València Facultat de Ciències Biològiques Departament de Zoologia Campus de Burjassot-Paterna C/ Dr. Moliner 50 E-46100 Burjassot (València), Spain E-mail: [email protected] Safoora FADAYIVATAN & Javad KARIMI Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Faculty of Agriculture Department of Plant Protection Entomology Division IR-Mashhad, Iran E-mail: [email protected]