Three new species and two new records of the genus Cotesia Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Iran Author Zargar, Mohammad Author Gupta, Ankita Author Talebi, Ali Asghar Author Farahani, Samira text European Journal of Taxonomy 2019 2019-10-24 571 1 25 journal article 25025 10.5852/ejt.2019.571 ac7aec7f-d7b5-4ace-8960-d57ff8e34698 3526880 89B1D35C-8162-403C-BF95-7853C62D27D1 Cotesia praepotens ( Haliday, 1834 ) Microgaster praepotens Haliday, 1834: 252 . Microgaster placida Haliday, 1834: 251 . Apanteles memnon Nixon, 1974: 465 , fig. 39. Apanteles acutivalvis Balevski, 1980: 97 . Apanteles beshtaui Tobias, 1986: 716 , fig. 232:18. Material examined IRAN – Khuzestan Province • 2 ♀♀ ; Baghmalek , Dobagh ; 31°31ʹ16.14″ N , 49°52′53.00″ E ; 688 m a.s.l. ; 4–18 May 2016 ; ICAR-NBAIR/NIM/MICROG/COT/4516 • 1 ♀ ; Ghale tol; 31°37ʹ49.70″ N , 49°52′53.35″ E ; 880 m a.s.l. ; 22 Jun.–6 Jul. 2017 ; ICAR-NBAIR/NIM/MICROG/COT/22617 • 1 ♀ ; Andika , Doorab ; 32°12ʹ23.00″ N , 49°26′37.00″ E ; 760 m a.s.l. ; 5–19 May 2017 ; TMUC-HBMC0060 • 1 ♀ ; Lali , Taraz ; 32°20ʹ49.70″ N , 49°05′11.31″ E ; 390 m a.s.l. ; 6–20 Jul. 2016 ; Malaise trap ; citrus orchards; M. Zargar leg.; TMUC-HBMC0061 . Distribution in Iran Qazvin ( Ghahari et al. 2011c ), Khuzestan (present study). General distribution Afghanistan , Armenia , Azerbaijan , Bulgaria , Croatia , Czech Republic , Finland , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iran , Ireland , Italy , Kazakhstan , Lithuania , Macedonia , Moldoava, Mongolia , Poland , Romania , Russia , Slovakia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Tajikistan , Turkey , Turkmenistan , United Kingdom , Uzbekistan , Yugoslavia (Yu etal . 2016). Host records Lepidoptera : Elachistidae Bruand, 1851 ( Yu et al. 2016 ), Geometridae ( Shenefelt 1972 ; Nixon 1974 ; Yu et al. 2016 ), Gracillariidae Stainton, 1854 , Lymantriidae Hampson, 1893 , Notodontidae Hampson, 1893 , Yponomeutidae Stephens, 1829 ( Yu et al. 2016 ).