Identification Parasitoids of leafminer flies in Sistan region -Iran

Zahra Shahreki1 Ehsan Rakhshani2 Alex Gumovsky3

1) Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615-538, Zabol, I.R. IRAN, Email:
2) Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, 98615-538, Zabol, I.R. IRAN, Email:
3) Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology 15 Bogdan Khmelnitsky Street Kiev-30, 01601 Ukraine, Email:

Publication : International Conference On Research Science And Technology(restconf.com)
Abstract :
This study has beencarried out during 2009 and 2010 in Sistan (Iran) region, Parasitoids were collected from on leafminer flies that had attacked to cultivated plants and ornamental crops. In this study 200 samples were collected from 35 species host plant and among them eight genera and seven species of Eulophidae family were identified. Apotetrasticus Graham (Family: Eulophidae) was new to Iranian fauna. Also, one species of parasitoid wasp which was their activities hadn̕ t been reported was also identified.
Keywords : Parasitoids leafminers Agromyzidae Eulophidae Sistan (Iran)