7.3.4 Eupelmidae
Eupelmidae have more than 900 species in 51 genera worldwide classified into three
subfamilies: Calosotinae, Neanastatinae and Eupelminae, (Noyes 2018). These
wasps are primary or secondary parasitoids and ecto or endoparasitoids of different
orders of insects (Gibson 1995).
Eupelmidae of Iran were revised based on the materials collected mainly from the
north-west of Iran. This family includes two subfamilies and six genera (Anastatus
Motschulsky, Brasema (Cameron), Calosota (Curtis), Calymmochilus (Masi),
Eupelmus (Dalman) and Eusandalum (Ratzeburg) and 29 species in Iran. These
species were listed within two subfamilies Calosotinae (one species) and
Eupelminae (28 species).
Eupelmidae has been considered as a relatively less well-known family in Iranian
fauna. The recently faunistic study demonstrated that most of the reported species
are the parasitoid of gall making wasps such as Cynipidae and Tenthridinidae
(Fig. 7.4) (Lotfalizadeh and Ghadirzadeh 2016).
More than half of the reported species (56%) related to cynipid gall making wasps
(Hym.: Cynipidae) as the following species were reared on them: Eupelmus
annulatus (Nees), E. azureus (Ratzeburg), E. bicolor (Gibson & Fusu), E. cerris
(Förster), E. confusus (Al khatib), E. fulvipes (Förster), E. impennis (Nikol’skaya),
E. martellii (Masi), E. mehrnejadi (Gibson & Fusu), E. urozonus (Dalman) and
E. vesicularis (Retzius) (Lotfalizadeh and Ghadirzadeh 2016). Eupelmus bicolor has
been reported as ectoparasitoid of maize caterpillar (Mythimna loreyi Duponchel) in
Iran. Its biological attributes have been studied under laboratory conditions. This
parasitoid under favourable conditions has one generation per month (Naseri et al.
1998).
Fig. 7.4 Biological association of the Eupelmidae family in the Iranian fauna
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Eupelmidae have more than 900 species in 51 genera worldwide classified into three
subfamilies: Calosotinae, Neanastatinae and Eupelminae, (Noyes 2018). These
wasps are primary or secondary parasitoids and ecto or endoparasitoids of different
orders of insects (Gibson 1995).
Eupelmidae of Iran were revised based on the materials collected mainly from the
north-west of Iran. This family includes two subfamilies and six genera (Anastatus
Motschulsky, Brasema (Cameron), Calosota (Curtis), Calymmochilus (Masi),
Eupelmus (Dalman) and Eusandalum (Ratzeburg) and 29 species in Iran. These
species were listed within two subfamilies Calosotinae (one species) and
Eupelminae (28 species).
Eupelmidae has been considered as a relatively less well-known family in Iranian
fauna. The recently faunistic study demonstrated that most of the reported species
are the parasitoid of gall making wasps such as Cynipidae and Tenthridinidae
(Fig. 7.4) (Lotfalizadeh and Ghadirzadeh 2016).
More than half of the reported species (56%) related to cynipid gall making wasps
(Hym.: Cynipidae) as the following species were reared on them: Eupelmus
annulatus (Nees), E. azureus (Ratzeburg), E. bicolor (Gibson & Fusu), E. cerris
(Förster), E. confusus (Al khatib), E. fulvipes (Förster), E. impennis (Nikol’skaya),
E. martellii (Masi), E. mehrnejadi (Gibson & Fusu), E. urozonus (Dalman) and
E. vesicularis (Retzius) (Lotfalizadeh and Ghadirzadeh 2016). Eupelmus bicolor has
been reported as ectoparasitoid of maize caterpillar (Mythimna loreyi Duponchel) in
Iran. Its biological attributes have been studied under laboratory conditions. This
parasitoid under favourable conditions has one generation per month (Naseri et al.
1998).
Fig. 7.4 Biological association of the Eupelmidae family in the Iranian fauna
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