425 Entomofauna ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR ENTOMOLOGIE Band 36, Heft 32: 425-440 ISSN 0250-4413 Ansfelden, 2. Januar 2015 A study on the genus Bracon FABRICIUS (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in north central Iran with four new records for Iranian fauna Mohammad ZARGAR, Ali Asghar TALEBI, Hamidreza HAJIQANBAR & JenĘ PAPP Abstract The fauna of the genus Bracon (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae) was studied in north central Iran (Alborz, Qazvin, Guilan, Mazandaran and Tehran provinces). Specimens were collected using Malaise traps during 2010-2011. Fourteen species and two subspecies were identified of these two species, Bracon (Glabrobracon) parvulus (WESMAEL 1838), Bracon (Palpibracon) delibator, HALIDAY 1833 and two subspecies Bracon (Bracon) intercessor laetus (WESMAEL 1838) and Bracon (Glabrobracon) variator bipartitus (WESMAEL 1838) are new records for the fauna of Iran. Geographical distribution of all species and morphological characteristics of the newly recorded species are provided. Key words: Bracon, subspecies, fauna, new records, Iran. © Entomofauna Ansfelden/Austria; download unter www.zobodat.at