taxonID	type	description	language	source
038B87ECFC0FFFD2D262FD80FEB312C3.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Platygaster ruficorni s (Latreille, 1805).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0FFFD2D262FD80FEB312C3.taxon	distribution	Distribution Worldwide (Buhl 2004 a, 2004 b, 2006 a, 2006 b).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0FFFD2D262FD80FEB312C3.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology Parasitoids of Cecidomyiidae (Austin et al. 2005; Buhl 2006 a, 2006 b). From eleven species of Platygaster discussed below, three are described as new and three are new records for Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0FFFD4D1CAFBB1FDAB173F.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 4182 ECAC-DE 6 A- 447 C-A 266 - 71082 E 32 D 380 Fig. 1	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0FFFD4D1CAFBB1FDAB173F.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (female) A 9 about 1.7 times as long as wide; head 2.1 times as wide as long, mostly reticulate-coriaceous behind, with only a few short carinae; notauli indicated in about posterior half, meeting in a fine point; female metasoma about as long as rest of body, T 2 striate to 0.5 of length, shorter medially.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0FFFD4D1CAFBB1FDAB173F.taxon	etymology	Etymology The name of the new species is derived from the name of the province where it was first found, East Azarbaijan.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0FFFD4D1CAFBB1FDAB173F.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype IRAN • ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Khosroshah; 37 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 1357 m a. s. l.; Aug. 2008; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM. Paratype IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Payam, Misho Mountain; 38 ° 21 ′ N, 45 ° 46 ′ E; 1750 m a. s. l.; 4 Aug. 2017; M. Asadi-Farfar leg.; sweeping net; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0FFFD4D1CAFBB1FDAB173F.taxon	description	Description (female) BODY LENGTH. 1.2 – 1.3 mm. COLOR. Black; antennae, mandibles, tegulae and legs including coxae medium brown; base and apex of fore tibiae, base of mid and hind tibiae, and segments 1 – 4 of all tarsi light brown. HEAD. From above 2.1 times as wide as long, 1.2 times as wide as mesosoma; occiput rounded, finely reticulate-coriaceous, medially with weak transverse elements, anteromedially with a few weak transverse carinae not wider than ocellar area; vertex finely reticulate-coriaceous (not transversely so); frons smoothly fan-like reticulate out from a weak longitudinal midline. Eyes bare. OOL: POL: LOL = 3.5: 6.5: 3.0. Head in frontal view one and a third times as wide as high. Malar space slightly more than half as long as eye height (5.0: 9.5). Antenna with A 1 shorter than height of head (15: 16), longer than distance between inner orbits (15: 14). Length: width of A 1 – A 10 = 15.0: 2.5; 4.0: 1.9; 2.0: 1.2; 2.5: 1.7; 2.8: 1.5; 3.5: 1.9; 3.5: 1.8; 3.4: 2.0; 3.4: 2.0; 4.5: 1.9. Flagellar pubescence short. MESOSOMA. 1.45 times as long as wide, higher than wide (19: 18). Sides of pronotum weakly reticulate, in lower half longitudinally so, smoother along narrow upper and hind margins. Mesoscutum with a few setae, most of them anterolaterally and along hind margin, weakly reticulate, smoother medially on lateral lobes and posterior 0.25; notauli distinct in about posterior half, then fade out, meeting in a fine point just touching base of scutellum; scuto-scutellar grooves narrowly triangular, each covered by about seven setae. Mesopleuron smooth. Scutellum evenly convex, smooth, anterolaterally slightly leathery, medially bare, towards margins dense setose. Metapleuron with pilosity all over, though not dense. Propodeal carinae short, parallel; area between them distinctly wider than long, smooth. WINGS. Fore wing 0.85 as long as entire body, 2.7 times as long as wide, surpassing tip of metasoma by a distance equal to 1.25 times combined length of T 3 – T 6, clear, with fine and dense microtrichia; marginal cilia 0.08 width of wing. Hind wing 5.6 times as long as wide, with two hamuli; marginal cilia 0.3 width of wing. METASOMA. As long as rest of body to very slightly longer (37: 35), about 1.9 times as long as wide, 1.1 times as wide as mesosoma. Length: width of T 1 – T 6 = 5.0: 9.0; 20.0: 19.7; 3.0: 19.0; 3.5: 17.0; 3.5: 13.5; 4.0: 8.5. T 1 with about ten rather uniform, fine longitudinal carinae, with a transverse depression around midlength. T 2 striate to half of its length, medially slightly shorter, rest of T 2 as well as following tergites smooth, T 6 with faint traces of reticulation. Apical tergites with setae in fine punctures: about four on T 3, ten on each of T 4 and T 6, and 12 on T 5.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0FFFD4D1CAFBB1FDAB173F.taxon	discussion	Remarks Similar to the species complex around P. splendidula Thomson, 1859, but with more slender antennae (A 5 hardly transverse and A 7 – A 9 each as wide as long in P. splendidula). As with P. karimpouri Asadi & Buhl sp. nov., P. azarbaijanica sp. nov. has slightly slender antennae than P. pedasus Walker, 1835, which, however, has head less transverse than P. azarbaijanica sp. nov. (about 1.7 × as broad as long in P. pedasus vs about 2.1 × as broad as long in P. azarbaijanica sp. nov.); T 2 smooth medially (vs densely strigose in P. pedasus); and mid lobe between notauli not quite reaching scutellum (vs nearly complete in P. pedasus). Platygaster azarbaijanica sp. nov. has antennae slightly less slender than P. ennius Walker, 1835 (all funicular segments distinctly longer than wide in both species except relatively shorter A 3 in P. azarbaijanica sp. nov.) which also has occiput transversely striate, nearly complete notauli, and T 2 striate only in the basal third. Platygaster azarbaijanica sp. nov. also has the head slightly more transverse and mesoscutum slightly more sculptured than in the splendidula group; but antennae are distinctly slender than in this group.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC09FFD6D238F9CDFD0510EB.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 0 E 67 BA 6 B- 93 EC- 4 D 7 C- 9278 - 04428 A 9 D 5 DBB Fig. 2	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC09FFD6D238F9CDFD0510EB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (female) A 9 about 1.7 times as long as wide; head 1.7 times as wide as long, finely and densely striated behind; notauli indicated in about posterior half; female metasoma 1.1 times as long as rest of body, more than half of T 2 striated at base, shorter medially.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC09FFD6D238F9CDFD0510EB.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named after Dr Younes Karimpour at the Department of Plant Protection, Urmia University, Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC09FFD6D238F9CDFD0510EB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype IRAN • ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Tasuj; 38 ° 19 ′ N, 45 ° 21 ′ E; 1500 m a. s. l.; 23 – 30 May 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM. Paratype IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Khosroshah; 37 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 1357 m a. s. l.; Aug. 2008; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC09FFD6D238F9CDFD0510EB.taxon	description	Description (female) BODY LENGTH. 1.2 mm. COLOR. Black; metasoma towards apex with brownish tint; antennae, mandibles, tegulae, coxae and legs dark brown; A 2 – A 5, trochanters, most of fore femora, entire fore tibiae, base of mid and hind tibiae, and all tarsi light brown. HEAD. From above 1.7 times as wide as long, 1.15 times as wide as mesosoma; occiput rounded, finely but distinctly half-circularly striated all over; vertex smooth; frons with fine oblique striation on each side of a smooth midline. OOL: POL: LOL = 3.3: 5.5: 2.0. Eyes bare. Malar space about equal to half of eye height. Head in frontal view 1.2 times as wide as high. Antenna with A 1 hardly noticeable, shorter than height of head (about 15.0: 15.5), longer than distance between inner orbits (15: 13). Length: width of A 1 – A 10 = 15.0: 2.3; 4.0: 1.7; 1.4: 1.0; 3.0: 1.3; 2.8: 1.3; 3.0: 1.8; 3.2: 2.0; 3.2: 2.0; 3.2: 1.9; 5.0: 1.8. Flagellar pubescence hardly noticeable. MESOSOMA. 1.5 times as long as wide, hardly 1.1 times as high as wide. Sides of pronotum smooth except for sparse hair sockets in upper half and very weak rugosity in upper anterior corner. Mesoscutum with scattered hairs towards sides, bare on mid 0.4 of width, smooth, only slightly rugose at anterior ends of notauli, these weakly indicated in slightly more than posterior half; mid lobe broad, at hind margin slightly but distinctly prolonged, covering extreme base of scutellum; numerous greyish hairs cover rather narrow scuto-scutellar grooves. Mesopleuron smooth. Scutellum weakly and evenly convex, almost bare along the middle, towards sides moderately densely hairy, smooth except for hair sockets. Metapleuron with pilosity all over, though in anterior half very sparse, smooth. Propodeal carinae short, parallel; area between them smooth, much transverse. WINGS. Fore wing 0.75 as long as entire body, 2.4 times as long as wide, surpassing tip of metasoma by a distance equal to length of T 6, clear, with fine and dense microtrichia; marginal cilia about 0.05 width of wing. Hind wing 5.0 times as long as wide, with two hamuli; marginal cilia very slightly more than 0.2 width of wing. METASOMA. Around 1.1 times as long as rest of body, 2.1 times as long as wide, slightly wider than mesosoma (about 18: 17). Length: width of T 1 – T 6 = 5.0: 8.5; 19.0: 18.0; 3.5: 17.0; 3.0: 14.5; 3.0: 11.0; 5.0: 7.5. T 1 with about six somewhat uneven, rather weak longitudinal carinae and a few even weaker additional ones, bare dorsally, along sides with a few inconspicuous hairs. T 2 weakly striated from basal foveae to 0.65 of length of tergite, medially with four short striae to 0.15 of length, rest of tergite as well as following tergites smooth. T 3 – T 6 with moderately strong punctures with inconspicuous hairs: about four on T 3, 12 in a transverse row on each of T 4 – T 5, slightly fewer and more scattered on T 6.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC09FFD6D238F9CDFD0510EB.taxon	discussion	Remarks Very similar to P. papei Buhl, 2007 (from the United Arab Emirates) but with more slender antennae, more striate occiput and T 2 (vs occiput finely and irregularly transversely striate in posterior half, rest of occiput and vertex almost smooth except for fine and weak reticulation around ocelli in P. papei), and more distinct notauli (vs absent in P. papei). Platygaster karimpouri sp. nov. has slightly more slender antennae than P. pedasus Walker, 1835 which also has the occiput and T 2 less striate, and mid lobe between notauli not quite reaching scutellum. Platygaster karimpouri sp. nov. has antennae slightly less slender than P. ennius Walker, 1835 which also has head 2.2 times as wide as long, nearly complete notauli, and T 2 striate only in the basal third.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0AFFD9D233FE98FDAE12D3.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: CDA 154 E 6 - C 8 A 0 - 4 CD 5 - 91 C 0 - 624 A 11 D 51 C 8 D Fig. 3	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0AFFD9D233FE98FDAE12D3.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (female) A 9 1.5 times as long as wide; occiput with oblique striation, medially almost longitudinal; notauli nearly complete; female metasoma 1.1 time as long as rest of body, T 2 smooth except for very short carinae anteromedially; T 6 finely pointed, very slightly wider than long.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0AFFD9D233FE98FDAE12D3.taxon	etymology	Etymology Name dedicated to Dr H. Lotfalizadeh (Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tabriz, Iran) for his overall contribution to the taxonomy of Hymenoptera, especially the superfamily Chalcidoidea in Iran. Most of the studied specimens in this study and type materials of new species were collected by him.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0AFFD9D233FE98FDAE12D3.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype IRAN • ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Tasuj; 38 ° 19 ′ N, 45 ° 21 ′ E; 1500 m a. s. l.; Jul. 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM. Paratype IRAN • 1 ♀; same collection data as for holotype; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0AFFD9D233FE98FDAE12D3.taxon	description	Description (female) BODY LENGTH. 1.3 – 1.4 mm. COLOR. Black; antennae, mandibles and legs including coxae dark brown; trochanters, tibiae and tarsi lighter brown. HEAD. From above 1.9 times as wide as long, 1.15 times as wide as mesosoma; occiput rounded, behind eyes partially finely coriaceous, partially smooth, behind ocellar area with distinct oblique striation over whole length, medial striae almost longitudinal. Vertex smooth and laterally with traces of reticulation. Frons smooth, with a longitudinal midline from anterior ocellus, halfway to antennal insertions this impression fans out in numerous striae, this striate area becomes slightly wider than width of antennal insertions, merging with longitudinal reticulation on malar space. Eyes bare. OOL: POL: LOL = 2.5: 8.0: 3.0. Head in frontal view 1.3 times as wide as high. Antenna with A 1 0.8 times as long as height of head, as long as distance between inner orbits. Length: width of A 1 – A 10 = 14.0: 2.0; 4.0: 1.7; 1.1: 1.2; 2.2: 1.5; 2.4: 1.8; 2.2: 1.7; 2.8: 1.8; 3.0: 2.0; 3.0: 2.0; 4.0: 1.9. Flagellar pubescence hardly noticeable. MESOSOMA. 1.5 times as long as wide, higher than wide (20: 19). Sides of pronotum smooth, with sparse setae, most numerous on anterior part. Mesoscutum with a row of setae along inner margins of notauli, and along outer and posterior margins of lateral lobes, otherwise bare; disc smooth except for weak rugosity at anterior ends of notauli, these strong and almost complete; mid lobe rather narrowly pointed, covering the extreme base of scutellum; scuto-scutellar grooves narrowly triangular, each of their front margins with six short setae. Mesopleuron smooth. Scutellum with very few setae, smooth, evenly convex. Metapleuron smooth, with very sparse pilosity except for a short white fringe along hind margin. Propodeal carinae short, parallel, dark; area between them smooth, distinctly wider than long. WINGS. Fore wing 0.75 times as long as entire body, 2.45 times as long as wide, reaching about apex of metasoma, clear, with dense, fine and pale microtrichia; marginal cilia very short. Hind wing 5.1 times as long as wide, with two hamuli; marginal cilia 0.2 width of wing. METASOMA. About 1.1 times as long as rest of body, 2.1 times as long as wide, as wide as mesosoma. Length: width of T 1 – T 6 = 5.0: 10.0; 18.0: 19.0; 4.0: 18.0; 4.0: 14.0; 5.0: 10.0; 5.0: 5.5. T 1 with two strong longitudinal carinae, smooth between them. T 2 with two smooth basal foveae reaching 0.4 lengths of tergite, between them with a couple of carinae reaching one-sixth length of tergite, this otherwise smooth. T 3 – T 6 smooth, with a few inconspicuous setae in shallow punctures (only about four on T 4, six on each of T 5 – T 6), T 6 finely pointed. Sternite 2 anteriorly flat, without prolongation.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC0AFFD9D233FE98FDAE12D3.taxon	discussion	Remarks In general, body shape much as in P. iberica Buhl, 1999 (though this has metasoma somewhat longer) but occiput of P. lotfalizadehi sp. nov. characteristically striate, in this approaching P. marginata Thomson, 1859, but P. lotfalizadehi sp. nov. with distinctly more slender antennae. Platygaster lotfalizadehi sp. nov. also has smoother mesoscutum and scutellum than P. iberica, and more setose scuto-scutellar grooves. Platygaster lotfalizadehi sp. nov. also has smoother mesoscutum, scutellum and T 2 than P. marginata.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC04FFD9D251FBA6FEF914CD.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Khajeh; 38 ° 10 ′ N, 46 ° 38 ′ E; 1450 m a. s. l.; 1 Jul. 2016; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC04FFD9D251FBA6FEF914CD.taxon	distribution	Distribution United Arab Emirates (Buhl 2007); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC04FFD9D251FBA6FEF914CD.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC04FFD9D27CF9A1FEF116C8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province; Marand, Farfar Village; 38 ° 48 ′ N, 45 ° 68 ′ E; 1365 m a. s. l.; May 2017; M. Asadi leg.; sweep net; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC04FFD9D27CF9A1FEF116C8.taxon	distribution	Distribution Finland (Koponen et al. 2016); Croatia and England (Buhl 2009; Buhl et al. 2016); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC04FFD9D27CF9A1FEF116C8.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDAD274FE98FEF1124A.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 2 ♀♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Khosroshah; 37 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 1357 m a. s. l.; 11 Jun. 2016; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDAD274FE98FEF1124A.taxon	distribution	Distribution Ireland, Isle of Man (Buhl et al. 2016); Fennoscandia and Denmark (Buhl 1999, 2006 a); Finland (Koponen et al. 2016); Germany (Buhl et al. 2016); Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDAD274FE98FEF1124A.taxon	discussion	Remarks Our studied specimens are similar to Platygaster dryope, but can be distinguished from it by the following morphological characters: smooth body, short female antennae, non-pointed female metasoma.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDAD274FE98FEF1124A.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDAD213FC3AFEF11450.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Kandovan, Arshadchaman; 37 ° 46 ′ N, 46 ° 15 ′ E; 2349 m a. s. l.; Jun. 2008; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDAD213FC3AFEF11450.taxon	distribution	Distribution Finland (Koponen et al. 2016); British Isles (Buhl & Notton 2009); Fennoscandia and Denmark (Buhl 1999, 2006 a); Norway (Vlug 1995); Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDAD213FC3AFEF11450.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDBD253FA20FE1A105D.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♂; South Khorasan Province, Birjand, vicinity of Mud; 32 ° 11 ʹ N, 59 ° 53 ʹ E; 1867 m a. s. l.; 31 Mar. 2017; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; on Haloxylon ammodendron (C. A. Mey.) Bunge; HMIM • 1 ♀, 1 ♂; East Azarbaijan Province, Khosroshah; 37 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 1357 m a. s. l.; May 2009; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDBD253FA20FE1A105D.taxon	distribution	Distribution Holarctic region (Jordan / United Arab Emirate) (Buhl 2015); Iran (Fars Province, Khonj) (Buhl 2015).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDBD253FA20FE1A105D.taxon	discussion	Remark One male specimen of P. harteni was obtained from Stefaniola similata Mamaev, 1972 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Haloxylon ammodendron, South Khorasan Province, 50 km of Birjand, Mud; S. similata represents a new host for P. harteni.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC07FFDBD253FA20FE1A105D.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Stefaniola similata Mamaev, 1972 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on H. ammodendron is a new host record for Platygaster harteni.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDBD250FE2FFA99152C.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN – East Azarbaijan Province • 2 ♀♀; Khosroshah; 37 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 1357 m a. s. l; Jul. 2008; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM • 1 ♂; Marand-Yam; 38 ° 48 ′ N, 45 ° 77 ′ E; 1334 m a. s. l.; Jul. 2007; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM • 1 ♀; Marand; 38 ° 25 ′ N, 45 ° 46 ′ E; 1023 m a. s. l.; Aug. 2007; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDBD250FE2FFA99152C.taxon	distribution	Distribution Common, distributed from Europe to the Korean Peninsula (Buhl & Choi 2006; Buhl & Jałoszyński 2016 b); Canary Islands and Madeira (Buhl & Koponen 2003 b); Poland (Buhl & Jałoszyński 2016 a); Germany (Buhl et al. 2016); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDBD250FE2FFA99152C.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Parasitoid of Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin, 1857) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) (Chavalle et al. 2018).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDBD26BFBDEFEF117CB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN – East Azarbaijan Province • 1 ♀; Khosroshah; 37 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 1357 m a. s. l.; 10 Jul. 2007; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM • 1 ♀; Khajeh; 38 ° 10 ′ N, 46 ° 38 ′ E; 1450 m a. s. l.; 1 Jul. 2016; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDBD26BFBDEFEF117CB.taxon	distribution	Distribution United Arab Emirates (Tourenq et al. 2009); Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDBD26BFBDEFEF117CB.taxon	discussion	Remarks Our studied specimens are similar to Platygaster papei, but can be distinguished from it by the following morphological characters: occiput finely transversely striate; female A 9 very slightly longer than wide; scutellum convex; metasoma short, with basal foveae very faintly striate to less than half of length.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDBD26BFBDEFEF117CB.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDCD20BF8BDFDA21082.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♂; East Azarbaijan Province, Marand, Yam; 38 ° 35 ′ N, 45 ° 77 ′ E; 1365 m a. s. l.; 26 May 2017; M. Asadi leg.; sweep net; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC06FFDCD20BF8BDFDA21082.taxon	distribution	Distribution Austria (male only) (Buhl 1994); Sweden (female described) (Buhl 1998); Spain (Buhl & Nieves-Adrey 2000); Finland (Buhl & Koponen 2003 a); Fennoscandia and Denmark (Buhl 1999, 2006 a); Korean Peninsula (Buhl & Choi 2006); Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC01FFDDD257F8C8FB0A10C5.taxon	type_taxon	Type species Synopeas inermis Thomson, 1859.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC01FFDDD257F8C8FB0A10C5.taxon	distribution	Distribution Worldwide (Rajmohana & Divya 2011; Veenakumari et al. 2014, 2015).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC01FFDDD257F8C8FB0A10C5.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology Parasitoids of Cecidomyiidae (Austin et al. 2005; Hernández Mahecha et al. 2018). From seven species of Synopeas discussed below, one is described as new and five are new records for Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC00FFDFD21FFDB3FCE513B5.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 91 FEB 88 D- 4 B 82 - 4734 - ADF 5 - C 4 F 1 A 25816 F 2 Fig. 4	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC00FFDFD21FFDB3FCE513B5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis (female) A 9 1.5 times as long as wide; hyperoccipital carina weak; notauli indicated in posterior two-thirds; female metasoma 1.3 times as long as rest of body, 1.3 times as wide as high, T 2 anteromedially swollen, here striate to 0.2 of length.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC00FFDFD21FFDB3FCE513B5.taxon	etymology	Etymology Named after Dr Virgilio Caleca, University of Palermo, Italy.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC00FFDFD21FFDB3FCE513B5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined Holotype IRAN • ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Khajeh; 38 ° 10 ′ N, 46 ° 38 ′ E; 1450 m a. s. l.; 1 Jun. 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg., Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC00FFDFD21FFDB3FCE513B5.taxon	description	Description (female) BODY LENGTH. 1.5 mm. COLOR. Black; coxae hardly lighter; A 1 and legs light brown, A 2 – A 10 and tegulae dark brown. HEAD. From above 1.8 times as wide as long, hardly 1.1 times as wide as mesosoma, very faintly reticulate-coriaceous, just behind ocellar area with a short, incomplete, weak hyperoccipital carina. OOL: POL: LOL = 2.0: 8.0: 3.5. OOL very slightly longer than longest diameter of lateral ocellus. Eyes bare. Head in frontal view 1.15 as wide as high. Antenna with A 1 0.8 as long as height of head, longer than distance between inner orbits (15: 14). Length: width of A 1 – A 10 = 15.0: 2.1; 4.7: 1.3; 2.0: 1.0; 4.0: 1.0; 2.0: 1.1; 2.2: 1.5; 2.9: 1.7; 3.0: 2.0; 3.0: 2.0; 4.8: 2.0. Flagellar pubescence negligible. MESOSOMA. 1.4 times as long as wide, about as high as wide. Sides of pronotum reticulate-coriaceous (in lower half longitudinally so). Mesoscutum with very sparse, scattered setae, very finely and evenly reticulate-coriaceous; notauli faintly indicated in posterior two-thirds; mid lobe slightly prolonged, somewhat bluntly, to base of scutellum, dark and swollen here. Scuto-scutellar grooves wide, each with six strong, pale setae in anterior half. Mesopleuron smooth, with two strong longitudinal furrows and some weaker ones just below tegula. Scutellum smooth and bare on large medial area, finely coriaceous on anterior slope, along sides with dense white setae, posteriorly obliquely angled in lateral view, bluntly triangular in dorsal view. Metapleuron in anterior half smooth and bare, in posterior half with dense, white adpressed pilosity. Propodeal carinae low, dark, well separated, slightly diverging; area between them only slightly longer than its posterior width. WINGS. Much damaged in a unique specimen, but fore wing seems to be of average size (reaching at least base of T 6), with whitish tint and without visible microtrichia or marginal cilia. METASOMA. About 1.3 times as long as rest of body, 2.3 times as long as wide, 1.3 times as wide as high, very slightly wider than mesosoma. Length: width of T 1 – T 6 = 4.0: 9.0; 34.0: 22.0; 3.0: 20.5; 2.5: 18.0; 3.0: 15.0; 7.0: 11.0. T 1 with numerous fine longitudinal carinae, only laterally with pubescence. T 2 anteromedially convex, here longitudinally striate to 0.2 of length, at each side with a longitudinal fovea of similar length, pubescent in basal half. T 3 – T 5 each with a transverse stripe of weak reticulation and about ten inconspicuous setae. T 6 with faint reticulation all over, with very few scattered setae.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC00FFDFD21FFDB3FCE513B5.taxon	discussion	Remarks Similar to the hitherto differentiated species S. latvianum Buhl, 2009 in shape of the anterior part of T 2, but S. latvianum has preapical antennal segments transverse (vs distinctly longer than wide in S. calecai sp. nov.), and lacks hyperoccipital carina and notauli.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFDFD25DFD45FEF1154B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Marand, Farfar Village; 38 ° 48 ′ N, 45 ° 68 ′ E; 1365 m a. s. l.; 5 Jun. 2017; M. Asadi leg.; sweeping net; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFDFD25DFD45FEF1154B.taxon	distribution	Distribution Mongolia (Buhl 2004 c); Finland (Koponen et al. 2016); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFDFD25DFD45FEF1154B.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFDFD264FB3AFEF117AA.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Khosroshah; 36 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 6 Jun. 2016; M. Asadi leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; West Azarbaijan Province, Urmia University Campus; 37 ° 39 ′ N, 44 ° 58 ′ E; 1335 m a. s. l.; Jun. 2016; M. Asadi leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFDFD264FB3AFEF117AA.taxon	distribution	Distribution Palearctic (West Europe and Mongolia) (Buhl 2004 c); Finland (Koponen et al. 2016); Germany (Buhl et al. 2016); Korean peninsula (Buhl & Choi 2006); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFDFD264FB3AFEF117AA.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFC0D262F959FDB413BB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN – East Azarbaijan Province • 21 ♀♀; Khosroshah; 37 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 1357 m a. s. l.; 14 Jun. 2008, Aug. 2008, May 2009, Aug. 2009, 25 Dec. 2009; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; pan trap; HMIM • 1 ♀; Marand, Yam; 38 ° 48 ′ N, 45 ° 77 ′ E; 1810 m a. s. l.; 7 Jul. 2009; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM • 1 ♀; Tasuj; 38 ° 19 ′ N, 45 ° 21 ′ E; 1500 m a. s. l.; 23 May 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM. – West Azarbaijan Province • 3 ♀♀; Urmia University Campus; 37 ° 39 ′ N, 44 ° 58 ′ E; 1335 m a. s. l.; 11 Oct. 2016; M. Asadi leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM. – Fars Province • 1 ♀; Dasht-e Arzhan; 51 ° 58 ′ N, 29 ° 38 ′ E; 2020 m a. s. l.; 30 May 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Berlese funnels; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFC0D262F959FDB413BB.taxon	distribution	Distribution Ireland (Buhl & O’Connor 2010); England (Buhl & Notton 2009); Fennoscandia and Denmark (Buhl 1999); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC02FFC0D262F959FDB413BB.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Parasitoids of the gall midge Contarinia medicaginis Kieffer, 1890 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on lucerne (Vlug 1995; O’Connor & Buhl 2016).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1DFFC0D20DFD4FFA8814B5.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Tikmadash; 37 ° 72 ′ N, 46 ° 93 ′ E; 1900 m a. s. l.; 1 Sep. 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; sweeping net; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1DFFC0D20DFD4FFA8814B5.taxon	distribution	Distribution Moderately common in Northwestern Europe (Buhl & Jałoszyński 2016); Germany (Buhl et al. 2016); Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1DFFC0D20DFD4FFA8814B5.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Dasyneura brassicae (Winnertz, 1853) (Dip.: Cecidomyiidae) on Brassica sp. may be a host (Vlug 1995; O’Connor & Buhl 2016).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1DFFC0D20DFD4FFA8814B5.taxon	discussion	Remarks Our studied specimens are similar to S. lugubre but with having the following morphological character can be separated from it: larger, with lighter body appendages, stronger hind lamella on scutellum.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1DFFC0D243FA49FEF116C8.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN – East Azarbaijan Province • 11 ♀♀; Khosroshah; 37 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; 1357 m a. s. l.; Jun. – Aug. 2008, 25 Oct. 2009, 16 – 29 May 2009, 10 Oct. 2007; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM • 1 ♀; Tasuj; 38 ° 19 ′ N, 45 ° 21 E; 1500 m a. s. l.; 1 Jul. 2015; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM • 5 ♀♀; Maragheh; 37 ° 22 ′ N, 46 ° 32 ′ E; 1887 m a. s. l.; Jul. 2010; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1DFFC0D243FA49FEF116C8.taxon	distribution	Distribution Latvia (Buhl 2016); Germany (Buhl et al. 2016); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1DFFC0D243FA49FEF116C8.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1CFFC1D25CF8C3FA9C16C9.taxon	distribution	Distribution Worldwide (Buhl 2011). The two species of Leptacis discussed below are both new records for Iran.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1CFFC1D255FE99FE29121B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Maragheh; 37 ° 22 ′ N, 46 ° 32 ′ E; 1887 m a. s. l.; Oct. 2010; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1CFFC1D255FE99FE29121B.taxon	distribution	Distribution England, Ireland (Buhl & Notton 2009); Latvian (Buhl 2016); Korea (Buhl & Choi 2006); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1CFFC1D255FE99FE29121B.taxon	biology_ecology	Host A parasitoid of the gall midges (Dipera: Cecidomyiidae) Dasineura ulmaria (Bremi, 1847) on Meadow sweet Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. and D. urticae (Perris, 1840) on nettles Urtica dioica L. and U. urens L. (Vlug 1995).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1FFFC2D252FC8CFEF115D1.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Khosroshah; 36 ° 58 ′ N, 46 ° 02 ′ E; Jun. 2008; H. Lotfalizadeh leg.; Malaise trap; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1FFFC2D252FC8CFEF115D1.taxon	distribution	Distribution Fennoscandia and Denmark (Buhl 1999); Canary Islands and Madeira (Buhl & Koponen 2003 b); Ireland (Buhl & O’Connor 2010); Korean peninsula (Buhl & Choi 2006); England (Buhl & Notton 2009); Germany (Buhl et al. 2016); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1FFFC2D252FC8CFEF115D1.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1FFFC2D2B0FE99FEF113FE.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined IRAN • 1 ♀; East Azarbaijan Province, Marand, Farfar Village; 38 ° 48 ′ N, 45 ° 68 ′ E; 1365 m a. s. l.; 30 May 2017; M. Asadi leg.; sweep net; HMIM.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1FFFC2D2B0FE99FEF113FE.taxon	distribution	Distribution Norway (Buhl 1997); England and Scandinavia (Buhl 1998); Fennoscandia and Denmark (Buhl 1999); Canary Islands and Madeira (Buhl & Koponen 2003 b); Finland (Buhl 2005); Ireland (Buhl & O’Connor 2010); England (Buhl & Notton 2009); Germany (Buhl et al. 2016); Iran (new record).	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
038B87ECFC1FFFC2D2B0FE99FEF113FE.taxon	biology_ecology	Host Unknown.	en	Asadi-Farfar, Maryam, Karimpour, Younes, Lotfalizadeh, Hossein, Buhl, Peter Neerup (2021): Four new species and new records of Platygastrinae (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) from Iran. European Journal of Taxonomy 750: 29-51, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.750.1359
