2025/07/18 by Srwa Kareem Hamad · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny #Insect-Plant Interactions and Control #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
paper · doi:10.3897/bdj.13.e161156
openalex publication_date 2025/07/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
Ichneumonidae, a dominant and ecologically important family of parasitoids in the large insect order Hymenoptera, are poorly studied in Iraq, with only 18 previously recorded and identified species known so far. During a survey in Kurdistan, Iraq, numerous Ichneumonidae species were collected in July 2023 using a Malaise trap. Fourteen species of Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae are herein newly recorded for the fauna of Iraq: Phaenolobus hilalii Kolarov & Gürbüz, 2010; Lissonota deversor Gravenhorst, 1829; Alcima orbitale (Gravenhorst, 1829); Campoletis scyticus Riedel, 2017; Casinaria tenuiventris (Gravenhorst, 1829); Cryptus spinosus Gravenhorst, 1829; Perilissus dissimilator Aubert, 1987; Diadromus collaris (Gravenhorst, 1829); Clistopyga incitator (Fabricius, 1793); Itoplectis tunetana (Schmiedeknecht, 1914); Pimpla flavicoxis Thomson, 1877; Pimpla spuria Gravenhorst, 1829; Zaglyptus multicolor (Gravenhorst, 1829) and Zatypota bohemani (Holmgren, 1860). Recorded distributions are provided for all species, summarised for very widely distributed species.