Sana Dolati - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: ۱۴۱۱۵-۳۳۶, Tehran, Iran
Ali Asghar Talebi - Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, P. O. Box: ۱۴۱۱۵-۳۳۶, Tehran, Iran
Samira Farahani - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Khayrandish - Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran

The fauna of the subfamily Opiinae was studied in northern parts of Iran. A total of eight species including Biosteres rusticus (Haliday, ۱۸۳۷), Phaedrotoma depeculator Foerster, ۱۸۶۲, Phaedrotoma exigua (Wesmael, ۱۸۳۵), Phaedrotoma pulchriventris (Fischer, ۱۹۵۸), Phaedrotoma variegatus (Szepligeti, ۱۸۹۶), Xynobius curtifemur (Fischer, ۱۹۶۱), Xynobius caelatus (Haliday, ۱۸۳۷), and Utetes rotundiventris (Thomson, ۱۸۹۵) were identified of which the four last species are reported for the first time from Iran. A key for identification of the collected species as well as the general distribution of each species either in the world or within Iran has been provided.

fauna, Braconidae, Opiinae, Iran, malaise trap