title: First record of the family Heloridae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with description of a new species.
abstract: For the first time in more than 100 years, a new western Palaearctic species of Heloridae is described. Specimens of Helorus alborzicus Izadizadeh, van Achterberg & Talebi sp. nov. and Helorus ruficornis Förster were collected from the Alborz province of Iran. An illustrated identification key for Western Palaearctic Heloridae is provided.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: 14115-336, Tehran, Iran.; Email: mohamadizadizade@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Izadizadeh
authors.affiliation: Affiliation: unknown; Email: talebia@modares.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ali Asghar
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Talebi
authors.affiliation: Senior Researcher & Curator Hymenoptera, Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Postbox 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.; Email: c.vanachterberg@xs4all.nl.
authors.forename: Cornelis Van
authors.initials: CV
authors.lastname: Achterberg
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.; Email: rakhshani@uoz.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Ehsan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rakhshani
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D014863:Wasps / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*