Genus Platygaster Latreille, 1809

Type species

Platygaster ruficorni s (Latreille, 1805).

Distribution

Worldwide (Buhl 2004a, 2004b, 2006a, 2006b).

Biology

Parasitoids of Cecidomyiidae (Austin et al. 2005; Buhl 2006a, 2006b).

From eleven species of Platygaster discussed below, three are described as new and three are new records for Iran.