First record of the family Proctotrupidae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) from Iran, with five new species records Izadizadeh, Mohammad Talebi, Ali Asghar Kolyada, Victor A. Rakhshani, Ehsan Turkish Journal of Zoology 2016 2015-09-23 40 1 27 34 (Schrank, 1780) Schrank 1780 [132,594,1550,1574] Insecta Proctotrupidae Proctotrupes GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 4 30 Arthropoda species brachypterus   Material examined:  2 ♂♂; Iran, Alborz province, Chalous Road, Sarziarat( 35°55′10.38″N, 51°06′51.24″E,  1980 ma.s.l.),  06-VII-2010, 1 ♂,  25-X-2010, 1 ♂; leg. A. Nadimi.   Diagnosis:Male ( Figure 5a): Length of body 6.5–7.3 mm; clypeus about 2.9 as wide as long; sides of pronotum without a median hairless area; surface of propodeum with reticulation and laterally with longitudinal carina ( Figure 5b); forewing venation as in Figure 5c, radial vein moderately curved.   Distribution: Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland( Townes and Townes, 1981; He and Fan, 2004; Johnson, 2013), and Iran( new record).   Biology:This species is a larval endoparasitoid of  Zabrus tenebrioides(Goeze, 1777)and  Harpalus rufipes(De Geer, 1774)( Coleoptera: Carabidae) ( He and Fan, 2004). 5145825303 2010-07-06 2010-10-25 2010-07-06 A. Nadimi Iran 1980 35.91955 Chalous Road, Sarziarat 1 51.11423 Chalous Road 4 30 2 2 Alborz province