Iran-fauna

Guides

  • Microtypinae

    Microtypinae is a subfamily of parasitoid wasps within Braconidae. The subfamily contains a single genus, Microtypus Ratzeburg, with at least four described species. Iranian records include Microtypus trigonus (Nees, 1843), documented as a new country record. Host associations have been recorded for species in this subfamily.

  • Oidaematophorini

    Oidaematophorini is a tribe of plume moths within the subfamily Pterophorinae, characterized by distinctive wing morphology. The tribe includes genera such as Calyciphora, Merrifieldia, Tabulaephorus, Emmelina, and Hellinsia. In Iran alone, at least 29 species across Oidaematophorini and the related tribe Pterophorini have been documented, with new species and sexes of described species still being discovered.