Samira Farahani - Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran
Ali Asghar Talebi - Department of Agricultural Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University, ۱۴۱۱۵-۳۳۶, Tehran, I.R. Iran
Hossein Barahoei - Institute of Agricultural Research, University of Zabol, ۹۸۶۱۵-۵۳۸, I.R. Iran

A seldom collected parasitoid of the pine aphids, Praon bicolor Mackauer, ۱۹۵۹, was captured in Malaise traps, mounted near the pine forests of Alborz Province (north central of Iran). It is the first record of this species from Iran and from the central Asian area. A brief diagnosis according to the morphological characters is presented and the host range within the conifers aphid parasitoids is also discussed.

Northern Iran, central Alborz, Pine forest, new record