Samartsev K.G.1, Rakhshani E.2 2026. A new species of the genus Bracon (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) from tamarisk communities in Iran // Euroasian Entomological Journal. Vol.25. Suppl.1: 122–128 [in English].
1 Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya Nab., 1, St Petersburg 199034 Russia. E-mail: konstantin.samartsev@zin.ru
2 Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol P. O. Box: 98615-538 Iran. E-mail: rakhshani@uoz.ac.ir
doi 10.15298/euroasentj.25.S01.20
ABSTRACT. Based on the material collected from tamarisk communities in Iran, a new species Bracon (Ophthalmobracon) arcadii Samartsev, sp.n., is described and illustrated; this species was previously recorded as a parasitoid of the gelechiid moth Amblypalpis tamaricella Danilevsky, 1955 from Uzbekistan. Bracon (O.) lissothorax Tobias, 1967 is excluded from the fauna of Iran. A key to all four species of the subgenus Ophthalmobracon known from the Irano-Turanian region is provided.
KEY WORDS: Tamarix, parasitoid, Gelechiidae, Amblypalpis tamaricella.