Abstract:
The Iranian species of the genus
Holopyga
(Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) were
investigated. Speci
mens were collected during four years of field research between 2010
and 2013, in northern and southern provinces of Iran. Twenty one species and subspecies
were recognized, of which four species and one subspecies were recorded for the first time
from Ira
n:
Holopyga beaumonti
Balthasar, 1953;
H. fascialis
Linsenmaier, 1959;
H.
ignicollis
Dahlbom, 1854;
H. inflammata inflammata
(Förster, 1853) and
H. jurinei
Chevrier, 1862. Geographical distribution of all species and morphological diagnostic
characteristic
s of the newly recorded species are given. The number of
Holopyga
species
and subspecies in Iran is now raised to 21.
Keywords:
Cuckoo wasps,
Diagnostic characteristics, Elampini,
Taxonomy,
Updated list of species
