A Bethylid Wasp (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) as a Promising Biocontrol Agent of Rosaceous Long Horn BeetleOspheranteria coerulescens(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Sclerodermus domesticus (Latreille, 1809) (Hym., Bethylidae) was collected from north eastern Iran, in association with larvae of Osphranteria coerulescens (Redtenbacher, 1850) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). The bethylids were found as larval ectoparasitoids on the longhorn beetle larvae. This parasitic wasp has gregarious activity with a high reproduction rate and parasitism potential. This is the first record of this parasitic wasp from Iran...