Review of Iranian Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with nomenclatural notes Author Falahatpisheh, Ali Author Fallahzadeh, Majid Author Dousti, Abu Fazel Author Delvare, Gérard text Zootaxa 2018 2018-03-14 4394 2 251 269 journal article 30519 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.2.8 3f5c3a3c-815d-4676-968b-0fdec03cfd0b 1175-5326 1197710 FD24750B-FF38-41B8-834F-E191E91C6E59 Euchalcis unicolor (Lucas, 1871) Allocera unicolor LUCAS , 1871: 16 –18. ORIgINAL DESCRIpTION ♀ . ALgERIA : ORAN , CHELLALA-GUEbLIA. Euchalcis unicolor ( LUCAS ): KIEFFER, 1899: 376; STEFFAN, 1953: 9. = Euchalcis nuda BOUčEk, 1952: 59–60. STEFFAN, 1953: 9. Material examined . Type material . Holotype, a pinned ♀, labelled ' Allocera unicolor Lucas (ann. S. Ent. Fr. 1871 page 16 Pl. 1f.2 (type) ♀ Parasite de Psyche quadrangularis venant de Chellala Gueblia (env. de Géryville) Sud de la Province d'Oran éclos à Paris (au Museum) le 7 sept. 1869 ' [all manuscript] / ' 7sept 69 Allocera unicolor Lucas ♀' [manuscript] (in MNHN). IRAN : Fars, Neyriz-Qatrouyeh, loc. 9, 15.v.2009 , ex. Amicta sericata ( Lepidoptera , Psychidae ) on Zygophyllum atriplicoides (3 ♀, 2 ♂) (in JIAU and CIRAD: GDEL0380 and GDEL0381) Distribution . Palaearctic: Algeria (Lucas 1871), Turkey and Araxes Valley (Bouček 1952) [under E. nuda ] and Israel (Bouček 1956). Euchalcis unicolor represents a new genus and species for the Iranian fauna. Hosts . E. unicolor was reared in Iran from Amicta sericata Hättenschwiler & Alemansoor ( Lepidoptera , Psychidae ) on Zygophyllum atriplicoides F.E.L. v. Fischer & C.A. Meyer ( Zygophyllaceae ), a new host record. This is the second record from a Psychidae . The species therefore might be a specialist parasitoid of that family.