Identification, distribution and host-plant associations of seed-feeding wasps (Hymenopera: Eurytomidae) of some rangelands in the central and southern Iran

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Plant protection, College of Aboraihan, University of Tehran

2 plant protection, Aborayhan campus, University of tehran

3 Member of scientific board of center of forest and range research

4 Department of plant protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Karbala

5 Assistant Professor of Bushehr Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center (AREEO)

6 Research center of forest and range research from Boshehr

7 Agricultural and natural resources research and education of shiraz

8 Agricultural and natural resources research and education of Isfehan

9 Agricultural and natural resources research and education of share kord

10 Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Science of Ukraine (NAS), Kiev, Ukraine

11 schmalhausen institute of Zoology,National Academy of science of ukraine

Abstract

Several species of chalcid wasps of the family Eurytomidae feed on seeds of various pasture plants. Due to a high damage caused to seeds by some eurytomid species, plants settlement are diminished in the pastures. This study was carried out during 2015-2017.Plant seeds were collected from 4 provinces of Iran including: Fars, Isfahan, Bushehr and Chaharmahal – Bakhtiyari. Studied plant species were belonged to the families Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Lamiaceae and Asteraceae. Totally, 16 eurytomid species were identified among 405 reared specimens. The list of identified wasps includes 13 species of Bruchophagus, one species of Eurytoma, one species of Exeurytoma and one species from Systole. Species identification was done on the base of adult external morphology and host plants. Moreover, 27 plant species are firstly indicated here as host plants of Eurytomidae wasps.
Collected and identified species of Eurytomidae are as following: Brochophagous abnormis Zerova, 1984, B. astragali Fedoseeva, 1954, B. desertus Zerova, 1994, B. evolans szelenyi, 1961, B. glycyrrhizae (Nikolskaya, 1952), B. kononovae Zerova, 1994, B. macronycis Fedoseeva, 1956, B. medicaginis Zerova, 1992, B. mutabilis (Nikolskaya, 1952), B.‌ononis (Mayr, 1878), B. platypterus (Walker, 1834),B. roddi (Gussakovsky, 1933), B. trigonellae (Zerova, 1970), *Exeurytoma anatolica Cam, 1998, Eurytoma onobrychidis Nikol’skaya, 1933, Systole prangicola Zerova, 1972.

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  • Receive Date: 26 March 2019
  • Revise Date: 29 April 2020
  • Accept Date: 26 May 2020

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