Review of Iranian Chalcididae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) with nomenclatural notes Author Falahatpisheh, Ali Author Fallahzadeh, Majid Author Dousti, Abu Fazel Author Delvare, Gérard text Zootaxa 2018 2018-03-14 4394 2 251 269 journal article 30519 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.2.8 3f5c3a3c-815d-4676-968b-0fdec03cfd0b 1175-5326 1197710 FD24750B-FF38-41B8-834F-E191E91C6E59 Psilochalcis Kieffer, 1905 The genus Psilochalcis , with 55 species, is well represented in the Palaearctic region. The hosts are known only for a few species, e.g. the Nearctic Psilochalcis described by Grissell & Schauff (1981) were reared respectively from the lepidopterans Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) (Crambidae) and Stegasta bosqueella (Chambers) (Gelechiidae) . The data relative to the Old World species concern P. ceratoniae , a parasitoid of Apomyelois ceratoniae [ = Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller, 1839) ] ( Pyralidae ) in Iran, P. soudanensis (Steffan) which attacks cereal stem borers mainly of the family Crambidae in the Afrotropics (Steffan 1951c; Polaszek et al . 1994), P. capensis (Steffan) a parasitoid of Epascestria [= Loxostege ] frustalis (Zeller) ( Crambidae ) (Steffan 1956) sometimes through Braconidae or Tachinidae (Prinsloo 1980) and P. ghanii (Habu) a parasitoid of Chilo partellus (Swinhoe) (Crambidae) in the Oriental Region.