associated bracon fabricius (hymenoptera: braconidae) with flower-heads of asteraceae in iran

A study was conducted to determine the braconinae (hym., braconidae) parasitoid wasps, associated with asteraceae in the northwest of iran during 2013–2015. ten species were reared from flower-heads of asteraceae: bracon bipartitus wesmael, 1838; b. leptus marshall, 1897; b. luteator spinola, 1808; b. mariae dalla torre, 1898; b. pectoralis wesmael, 1838; b. subrugosus szépligeti, 1901; b. talyshicus tobias, 1976; b. trucidator marshall, 1888; b. tschitscherini kokujev, 1904 and b. urinator (fabricius, 1798), of which one species (i.e., b. talyshicus) is recorded for the first time from iran. we also reared some non-frugivorous tephritidae feeding on the collected flower-heads that can be possible host of these braconids. general distribution and biological associations for all species that have been collected in this study are compiled.