This survey identifies 10 Ichneumonidae species in Iran, including three new records, indicating diverse subfamilies.
This paper deals with a faunistic survey on Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Iran. In total, 10 species in 6 subfamilies were collected and identified: Cryptinae (3 species), Ichneumoninae and Tersilochinae (Each with 2 species), Metopiinae, Orthocentrinae, and Phygadeuontinae (Each with 1 species). Three species are new records for the fauna of Iran: Megaplectes monticola (Gravenhorst, 1829), Phrudus monilicornis Bridgman, 1886 and Tycherus jucundus (Wesmael, 1845).
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Sakenin et al. (2025) studied this question.