A contribution to Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from rice fields and surrounding grasslands of northern Iran.

Abstract

Braconids wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea: Braconidae) are one of the most powerful and important biological control agents in almost all agroecosystems. Braconids' fauna from rice fields of northern Iran is studied in this paper. In a total of 21 species of 12 genera and 8 subfamilies were collected and identified.