Ebrahim Gilasian - Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, ۱۹۳۹۵-۱۴۵۴, Iran.
Ali Asghar Talebi - Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Entomology, ۴۱۱۵-۳۳۶, Tehran, Iran.
Joachim Ziegler - Museum für naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity, Invalidenstrasse ۴۳, Berlin, ۱۰۱۱۵, Germany.
Shahab Manzari - Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, ۱۹۳۹۵-۱۴۵۴, Iran.
Mehrdad Parchami-Araghi - Insect Taxonomy Research Department, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, ۱۹۳۹۵-۱۴۵۴, Iran.

In a taxonomic study of the subfamily Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae), seven species and the three genera Opesia Robineau-Desvoidy, Subclytia Pandellé and Xysta Meigen are recorded for the first time from Iran. The diagnostic characters, distributional data along with the photographs of species are presented. Taxonomical positions of the genera and species are discussed.

fauna, new records, taxonomy, Biological control, parasitoids