Mohammad Izadizadeh - 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.
Victor A. Kolyada - Zoological Museum of Moscow University, ۶ Bol'shaya Nikitskaya Street, Moscow, ۱۰۳۰۰۹ Russia.
Ehsan Rakhshani - Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran.

The genus Phaneroserphus Pschorn–Walcher, ۱۹۵۸ is recorded for the first time from Iran and its allied species, Phaneroserphus punctibasis Townes, ۱۹۸۱ is recorded from West Palaearctic region for the first time. The specimens were collected from Mazandaran Province during ۲۰۱۱ using Malaise traps. Diagnostic characters and geographical distribution of the newly recorded genus and species is briefly discussed.

Proctotrupidae, Phaneroserphus, Iran, First record