Contribution to the chalcidoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Iran: new records of family, genus and species

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Shojaey, Mahla, Talebi, Ali Asghar, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Mehrabadi, Mohammad, Khayrandish, Mohammad (2025): Contribution to the chalcidoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) of Iran: new records of family, genus and species. Journal of Insect Biodiversity and Systematics 11 (2): 407-416, DOI: 10.61186/jibs.11.2.407, URL: doi.org/10.61186/jibs.11.2.407 ABSTRACT.

The family Macromesidae Graham, 1959, and the genus Epicopterus Westwood, 1833, from the family Eunotidae Ashmead, 1904, are recorded for the first time from Iran, by two species Macromesus amphiretus Walker, 1848, and Epicopterus choreiformis Westwood, 1833, respectively. Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010–2011 from the Guilan and Qazvin provinces in north-central Iran. Detailed morphological characters of the newly recorded species are provided.