Family Mymaridae Haliday, 1833.

Abstract

Abstract\n This chapter provides a checklist for the family Mymaridae. It provides information on species diversity, host records, distribution records by province in Iran, as well as world distribution. Comparison of the mymarid fauna of Iran with adjacent countries indicates that the fauna of Russia (104 species) is much greater than that of Iran (33 species), followed by Turkey (19 species), Turkmenistan (11 species), Pakistan and United Arab Emirates (five species) and Iraq and Oman (both with one species); no species have been recorded from the other eight neighbouring countries. However, the much fewer number of species recorded from countries other than Russia, including Iran, certainly results from inadequate sampling and poor taxonomic study. Russia shares the highest number of known species with Iran (21 species), followed by Turkey (11 species), Turkmenistan (one species), Pakistan (two species) and Iraq, Oman, United Arab Emirates and the former USSR (each with one species).