Far Eastern Entomologist Number 439: 14-23 ISSN 1026-051X (print edition) ISSN 2713-2196 (online edition) October 2021 https://doi.org/10.25221/fee.439.2 http://zoobank.org/References/94DFB950-152B-4496-B6FC-A842E2D1D3CF NEW RECORDS OF PTEROMALINAE (HYMENOPTERA: CHALCIDOIDEA, PTEROMALIDAE) FROM IRAN M. Shojaey 1) , M. Khayrandish 1,*) , S. M. Madjdzadeh 2) , H. Lotfalizadeh 3) 1) Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. E-mail: M.Shojaey209@gmail.com *Corresponding author: Mohammad Khayrandish, E-mail: m.khayrandish@uk.ac.ir 2) Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran. E-mail: madjdzadeh@uk.ac.ir 3) Plant Protection Research Department, East-Azarbaijan Agricultural and Natural Re- sources Research & Education Center, AREEO, Tabriz, Iran. E-mail: hlotfalizadeh@gmail.com Summary. The specimens of the pteromalid wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Ptero- malidae) were caught using Malaise traps and sweeping net in Kerman province of Iran during March 2016 to August 2017. The genus Coelopisthia Förster, 1856 and the species: C. areolata Askew, 1980, Homoporus apharetus (Walker, 1839), Norbanus brevicornis Szelenyi, 1974, Pachyneuron gibbiscuta Thomson, 1878, and Sphegigaster pedunculiventris (Spinola, 1808) are recorded for the first time from Iran. The diagnostic characteristics and illustrations are given for the newly recorded species. Key words: Chalcidoidea, pteromalid wasps, fauna, new records, Palaearctic region. М. Шоджаей, М. Хайрандиш, С. М. Мадждзаде, Х. Лотфализаде. Новые указания хальцид-птеромалин (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) из Ирана // Дальневосточный энтомолог. 2021. N 439. С. 14-23. Резюме. Хальциды-птеромалины (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) были собраны в иранской провинции Керман с марта 2016 г. по август 2017 г. с исполь- зованием ловушек Малеза и кошением сачком. Впервые для Ирана приводятся род Coelopisthia Förster, 1856 и виды C. areolata Askew, 1980, Homoporus apharetus (Walker, 1839), Norbanus brevicornis Szelenyi, 1974, Pachyneuron gibbiscuta Thomson, 1878 и Sphegigaster pedunculiventris (Spinola, 1808). Для этих видов даны краткие диагностические признаки и иллюстрации. INTRODUCTION Pteromalinae Dalman, 1820 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae) is a large sub- family in Pteromalidae (Noyes, 2020). It has an almost worldwide distribution with 2330 species within 317 genera. Most species are parasitoids of several insect orders (Noyes, 2020) such as Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Diptera (Bouček & Rasplus, 1991). Until now, 100 species belonging to 50 genera of Pteromalinae identified and reported from Iran (Kishani Farahani et al., 2010; Mirtroiu et al., 2011; Hasani et al., 2011; Dehdar & Madjdzadeh, 2016; 14