title: First record of the velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) reared from puparia of the ber fruit fly Carpomya vesuviana Costa (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Iran.
abstract: Two species of mutillids, Smicromyrme (Astomyrme) nikolskajae Lelej, 1985 and S. (Eremotilla) tekensis Skorikov, 1935, reared from puparia of ber fruit fly, Carpomya vesuviana Costa, in South Khorasan, Iran are recorded. Both mutillids are newly recorded from Iran. An overview of eight species of mutillids associated with six species of flies is given in the appendix.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.; Email: amini.alieh@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Alieh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amini
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia.; Email: lelej@biosoil.ru.
authors.forename: Arkady S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Lelej
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.; Email: unknown.
authors.forename: Hussein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.; Email: javadkarimi10@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Javad
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karimi
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development