First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with description of a new species Author Izadizadeh, Mohammad Author Talebi, Ali Asghar Author Achterberg, Cornelis Van Author Rakhshani, Ehsan text Zootaxa 2015 3946 4 577 582 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3946.4.6 ff41f8d9-3726-4d32-9cef-c70d7709fb0e 1175-5326 244907 684012F3-13B1-48BE-8869-183D438B055B Helorus ruficornis Förster, 1856 Material examined. Iran , Mazandaran province, Noor, Chamestan, Tangehvaz (36º18′51.42″N, 52º07′48.00″E, 1353 m a.s.l.), 28-VI-2011 , 3♂ , M. Khairandish. Diagnosis. Length of body 4.1–5.1 mm ; length of fore wing 3.1–3.6 mm ; antenna yellowish brown; length of eye in dorsal view 1.25× as long as temple height ( Fig. 4 A); mesoscutum punctate, notauli deep and finely crenulate ( Fig. 4 B); propodeum reticulate; pterostigma stout, 2.4–2.6× as long as wide ( Fig. 3 B); legs (except hind coxa) yellowish-brown ( Fig. 4 A); first metasomal segment slender, in dorsal and lateral view 3–3.3 times as long as its maximum width ( Figs 4 C, 4D); syntergite basally slender. Distribution. Andorra , Austria , Bulgaria , England , Finland , France , Germany , Italy , Netherlands , Pakistan , Spain , South Africa , Sweden , Switzerland and U.S.A. ( Townes 1977 ; van Achterberg 2006 ) and Iran (new record). Biology. This species is a larval endoparasitoid of Dichochrysa ventralis (Curtis, 1834) and Pseudomallada prasinus (Burmeister, 183) ( Townes 1977 ).